Ciwan Haco, a Kurdish singer, was born in Tirbespî or Ad Darbasiyah near Qamishlo in Syria on 1957. His grand parents were originally from Mardin, Turkey. After finishing high school, he left for Germany in order to continue his studies. He studied musicology at the Ruhr University Bochum. He is now residing in Sweden.
Till date he has released 17 albums;
- Emîna Emîna (1970)
- Pêşmerge (1979)
- Diyarbekîr (1981)
- Welatperestî (1982)
- Gûla Sor (1983)
- Leyla (1985)
- Girtîyên Azadîyê (1987)
- Çaw Bella (1989)
- Sî û Sê Gule (1991)
- Dûrî (1994)
- Bilûra Min (1997)
- Destana Egîdekî (1998)
- Derya (2003)
- Konsera Batmanê (2003) (VCD & DVD)
- Na Na (2004)
- Off (2006)
- Veger (2012)
- Felek (2018 – Hamburg)
