Candan Erçetin is a Turkish pop folk singer in Turkey. Candan Erçetin was born on 10 February 1963 in Kırklareli. She studied at Lycée de Galatasaray, and completed Istanbul University with a degree in Archaeology. In 1991, she graduated from Istanbul Municipal Music School where she studied classical opera. She represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 which held in Bergen, Norway as a member of Klips ve Onlar with the song "Halley" instead of Seden Gürel, who was the member of the group and did not go to Norway with it due to her final exams of Architecture Department of İTÜ. She taught music in Lycée de Galatasaray for long years. Presently, as well as continuing her stage performance, she also works as a lecturer at Galatasaray University.