Emina Jahovic to Son Jaman: The World Is Yours Now
Jaman Sandal, the older son of Emina Jahovic and Mustafa Sandal, has turned 18. The singer marked the birthday with childhood photos and a message on Instagram.
Singer Emina Jahovic posted childhood photos of her older son, Jaman Sandal, on Instagram on August 8, 2026, along with a message marking his 18th birthday. The post went up the same day Jaman officially became an adult.
What Emina Wrote to Her Son
The message was short and ran alongside a gallery of old photographs.
- Officially. My firstborn. My Jaman. You came into my life and changed the meaning of love forever. The world is yours now, dream big, walk boldly, stay humble and make it unforgettable. Happy 18th birthday, my son. Go and write your own story. Forever your biggest fan, mom
She signed off as his biggest fan rather than as a mother handing out advice. The photos she chose were not from recent events but from Jaman’s childhood, something Emina underscored by pointing to where it all began.
Who Is Jaman Sandal’s Father?
Jaman’s father is Turkish singer Mustafa Sandal, Emina’s ex husband. The couple has two sons from that marriage, and Jaman is the older of the two. After the divorce, Emina stayed on in Turkey, where she has spent most of her career, and her sons grew up split between two environments.
She talks about her younger son far less often and does not share his face the same way. Jaman is now an adult as of today, a shift that shows up immediately in celebrity coverage, since an adult is written about differently than a child.
A Second Family Celebration in Two Months
This is the second time this summer that Emina has publicly marked a milestone for her son. In June 2026, Jaman finished high school, and the singer shared photos from his graduation showing the two of them posing together, with him in a suit. Two months later comes his 18th birthday, so the two dates line up naturally.
The way Emina talks to her followers about her children follows a consistent pattern:
- she posts around a specific event, a graduation or a birthday
- she picks photos she controls herself, pulled from the family archive
- she writes the message in the first person, without a manager or a press statement standing between her and her audience
A Bright Moment After Several Difficult Weeks
This is the first happy reason for Emina Jahovic to make headlines after a string of unpleasant topics. In late July, she spoke in detail for the first time about the day she divorced Mustafa Sandal, about laughing through the proceedings and about coming home to an empty house. A few days later, on August 6, she confirmed she had been scammed in Istanbul and lost clothes, bags, shoes and jewelry worth more than 50,000 euros, which we covered in Emina Jahovic: “It Was All Just a Scam”.
In that run of stories, the birthday post is the only one that did not have to answer to something. For the past few weeks the singer has mostly been reacting to events. This time, she chose the moment herself.
What’s Next for Jaman
Emina’s post did not say what her son plans to do after high school, and she did not mention a university, a city or a job. The only thing she said was for him to write his own story, which is also the most concrete line in the whole message.
When the child of a public figure turns 18, the restrictions that applied up to that point fall away. Until now, Jaman existed in the media only through his mother’s posts and a handful of family photos. From today on, decisions about what gets shared about him are his to make, not his parents’, and whether he actually uses that freedom will show in what he does next.
