MERYEM was born in 1978. MERYEM's father is HAYDAR UZUN and her mother is FATMA UZUN. Her paternal grandfather was MAMO UZUN and her paternal grandmother is DÖNE UZUN; her maternal grandparents are YUSUF and AYŞE. She has a brother and three sisters, named İBRAHİM, ARZU, EMİŞ and AYŞE. She is the second oldest of the five children.