İbrahim Tatlıses was born in the south-eastern town of Sanliurfa. His father, who was of Arab descent, died when he was a child, and Tatlıses was raised by his Kurdish mother Leyla. He began singing at weddings when he was young..
Then while he was working in constructions as a normal worker, singing, his singing was heard by a businessman from Adana, and he started appearing in nightclubs.
Ayağında Kundura, released in 1975 helped him spread his name throughout Turkey.