{{Short description|Turkish Cypriot singer}} {{Expand Turkish|topic=bio|Zeliş Şenol|date=June 2024}} {{infobox musical artist |name = Zeliş Şenol |image = Zelis Senol.jpg |image_size = 230px |caption = Zeliş Şenol performing at Salamis Hotel in Famagusta, Cyprus |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|03|25}} |birth_place = Nicosia, Cyprus |genre = {{flatlist| * Jazz * Pop * Soul }} | occupation = Singer, Actor | years_active = 2000{{snd}}Present | label = Azza Records }} '''Zeliş Şenol''' (born March 25, 1985), sometimes called simply '''Zelis''' or '''Mr. Zel''' is a Turkish Cypriot singer<ref name=famagusta>{{cite news|title= Turkish Cypriot singer aims for Eurovision|publisher= Famagusta Gazette|quote= A Turkish Cypriot singer is competing to become the first person from occupied northern Cyprus to represent Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest. Zeliş Şenol, will compete this Saturday in the national finals - a public contest held at CyBC in Nicosia, which allows the country's public to vote between several singers.|date=2009-02-05|url= http://famagusta-gazette.com/turkish-cypriot-singer-aims-for-eurovision-p7567-69.htm|accessdate=2010-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722025839/https://www.famagusta-gazette.com/turkish-cypriot-singer-aims-for-eurovision-p7567-69.htm |archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead}}</ref> who was born in Nicosia.
== Career == She has been involved with music from a young age and has taken part in a number of festivals and toured all the major cities of Cyprus. She has also worked with Grammy winner, Billy Paul and sung in a concert with Billy Cobham. In 2007, she sang in the Europalia Festival in Berlin. She is a member of Larkos Larkos's music group "Kyprogenia."<ref name="dobrescu">{{cite news |url=https://www.libertatea.ro/entertainment/premiera-libertatearo-zelis-senol-o-cunoscuta-cantareata-in-cipru-isi-face-debutul-pe-piata-muzicala-din-romania-cu-piesa-bonita-961352 |title=Zelis Senol, o cunoscută cântăreață în Cipru, își face debutul pe piața muzicală din România cu piesa "Bonita!" |trans-title=Zelis Senol, a well-known singer in Cyprus, makes her debut on the Romanian music market with the song "Bonita!" |date=2013-12-04 |access-date=2024-06-15 |work=Libertatea |first=Petre |last=Dobrescu |lang=ro}}</ref>
She also studied acting at {{ill|Near Eastern University|tr|Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi}}, and has performed at Nicosia Municipal Theatre {{as of|2013|since=y|lc=y}}.<ref name=neu>{{cite web |url=https://www.kibrispostasi.com/c35-KIBRIS_HABERLERI/n100036-ydunun-gurur-kaynaklari |title=YDÜ'nün gurur kaynakları |trans-title=Sources of pride of NEU |date=2013-01-03 |work=Kibris Postasi |access-date=2024-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206184345/https://www.kibrispostasi.com/c35-KIBRIS_HABERLERI/n100036-ydunun-gurur-kaynaklari |archive-date=2020-02-06 |url-status=live |lang=tr}}</ref>
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