Neden (Candan Erçetin album)

Neden (Why?) is Candan Erçetin's fourth studio album. It was released in May 2002. This album had significant differences with her previous works, as she was no longer working with Mete Özgencil. Instead, the album has songs mostly written by herself and Aylin Atalay. She proved her success in music-writing as well as performing. The CD version of the album has a cover with fragrance, the first of its kind in Turkey.^[1]

• Topkapı Müzik – production
• Rıza Erekli – producer
• Candan Erçetin – vocals, songwriter, composer, drums, goblet drum, Turkish tambur
• Alper Erinç – composer, arranger, drums, guitar, mandolin, trumpet, Pro Tools editing
• Aylin Atalay – songwriter
• Sinan – songwriter
• Ümit Aksu – songwriter
• Bülent Erinç – arranger
• Neslihan Engin – composer, arranger, tambur, production assistant
• Özgür Buldum – arranger
• Tansel Doğanay – arranger, accordion
• Özcan Şenyaylar – accordion, violin, bowed string instrument composition
• Muzaffer Şenyaylar – qanun
• Şenyaylar Grubu – bowed string instruments
• Günay Uysal – cello
• Mustafa Süder – violin
• Kirpi Bülent – clarinet
• Hüsnü Şenlendirici – clarinet
• Ali Yılmaz – cümbüş
• Tolga Görsev – drums, tambur, vocals, recording (all except "Ben Böyleyim")
• Başar Yakupoğlu – recording assistant (all except "Ben Böyleyim")
• Nihal Bilgen – recording assistant (all except "Ben Böyleyim")
• Gürsan Acar (Tomwelt Studios, Berlin) – mastering
• Cengiz Ercümer – goblet drum
• Can Şengün – guitar
• Murat Ejder – guitar
• Murat Matthew Erdem – recording
• Seyfi Ayta – tambur, daf
• Erkut Gökgöz – trumpet
• Bozkurt Bayer – art director
• Hakan Aydoğan – photography
• Hakan Köse Difference – hair, make-up
• Ali Özel – hair, make-up
• Kerime Tekin – hair, make-up
• Onur Ofset – printing

Credits adapted from Neden's album booklet.^[2]

• A ^ On the album's cover, it is mentioned that the composer of the second song, "Neden", is anonymous, however, the composers are in fact Attie Bauw and Yulduz Usmonova. The composition was first used in Usmonova's 1999 album Dünya (1999) for the song "Deme".^[5]