1. Fazıl Say (1970)

Turkish Musician

Prolific and controversial composer who drew great inspiration from the folklore and traditions of his native Turkey. He was commissioned by the 2011 Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival to compose a clarinet...

2. İdil Biret (1941)

Turkish Musician

Concert pianist who became known for her mastery of Romantic-era repertoire.

3. Cengiz Kurtoğlu (1959)

Turkish Musician

Singer who became an icon in Turkey with releases like Bizim Şarkımız (1988), Gözü Yaşlı Yaşanmıyor (1999) and Saklı Düşler (2014) over the course of his multi-decade career. Some of his most popular...

4. Hüsnü Şenlendirici (1976)

Turkish Musician

World music performer and composer recognized for creating traditional belly dance music. He has been involved with a number of bands and projects including Sulukule, Laço Tayfa, and Hüsnü Şenlendirici & Saz Arkadaşları.

5. Demir Demirkan (1972)

Turkish Musician

Turkish musician and songwriter who became known playing guitar in the thrash metal band Mezarkabul. He has also written jingles for TV and soundtracks for films.

6. Utku Dalmaz (1985)

Turkish Musician

Utku Dalmaz is a Turkish electronic dance music producer jazz guitarist and web developer. He has been releasing deep house and tech house music under the artist name Utku Dalmaz...

7. Dou Kalender (1985)

Turkish Musician

Dou Kalender is a Turkish composer multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. He is known from being the frontman of Ethnical/Symphonic Metal band ‘GÜRZ’. He has appeared in debut album ‘Sons of Earth...

8. Burak Gürpınar (1975)

Turkish Musician

Burak Gürpınar is a Turkish drummer primarily known for his work with the influential Turkish rock band Kurban. Gürpınar was born on March 23 1975 in Istanbul. Soon after Kurban...

9. Burak Güven (1975)

Turkish Musician

Burak Güven is a Turkish musician bass player and one of the backing singers in the rock band Mor ve Ötesi.

10. Haluk Kurosman (1975)

Turkish Musician

Haluk Kurosman is a successful Turkish music producer and co-founder of GRGDN a music production – management company and record label; producing mixing and mastering the albums of successful young...

11. Gürer Aykal (1942)

Turkish Musician

Gürer Aykal is a Turkish conductor and Adjunct Professor at Bilkent University. He has been the musical director and principal conductor of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra since 1999.

12. Timur Selçuk (1946)

Turkish Musician

Timur Selçuk is a Turkish singer pianist conductor and composer.

13. Mehmet Yankı Yönel (1976)

Turkish Musician

Mehmet Yankı Yönel is a Turkish professional voiceover Radio Programmer/DJ at Metro FM National advertisement and ID Voice.

14. Belkıs Akkale (1954)

Turkish Musician

Belkis Akkale is a Turkish singer of Turkish folk music.

15. Gülsin Onay (1954)

Turkish Musician

Gülsin Onay is a leading Turkish concert pianist.

16. Erkan Oğur (Unknow)

Turkish Musician

Erkan Oğur or Erkan Ogur in the West is a Turkish musician. A pioneer of fretless guitars he invented the first fretless classical guitar in 1976. A composer he has...

17. Emre Elivar (1976)

Turkish Musician

Emre Elivar is a Turkish concert pianist. Emre Elivar began his studies and graduated from State Conservatoire in Ankara.

18. Garo Mafyan (Unknow)

Turkish Musician

Garo Mafyan is a famous Turkish musician and composer of Armenian descent.

19. Aydin Esen (1962)

Turkish Musician

Aydın Esen is a Turkish jazz musician who plays keyboards and electronics. Esen began music lessons at the age of 5 in Turkey. A talented pianist whose style combines his...

20. Akın Eldes (1962)

Turkish Musician

Akın Eldes is a prominent Turkish guitarist who is best known for his work with Bulutsuzluk Özlemi between 1986–2000. He was born in Frankfurt Germany and played mandolin and flute...

21. Kudsi Erguner (Unknow)

Turkish Musician

Kudsi Ergüner is a Turkish musician. He is considered a master of traditional Mevlevi Sufi music and is one of the best-known players of the Turkish ney flute.

22. Cenk Ünnü (1967)

Turkish Musician

Cenk Ünnü is the drummer of the heavy metal band Mezarkabul. He and Hakan Utangaç formed Pentagram together in 1986. He graduated from İstanbul University’s Faculty of Literature Anthropology. He...

23. Rafet El Roman (1968)

Turkish Musician

Rafet El Roman is a Turkish pop star. He got his name from a fictional character named El Romano.

24. Arto Tunçboyacıyan (1957)

Turkish Musician

Arto Tunçboyacıyan is an Armenian musician. A famous avant-garde folk artist he appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States where he went...

25. Ceki Benşuşe (1980)

Turkish Musician

Ceki Benşuşe is the guitar player of the Turkish band Sefarad. He was born in Istanbul and graduated in 1999 from the Jewish school in Istanbul Ulus Özel Musevi Lisesi.

26. Evrim Demirel (1977)

Turkish Musician

Evrim Demirel is a Turkish composer and jazz pianist. Evrim Demirel was educated in Izmir High School of Fine Arts and he studied piano with Nergis Sakirzade. Then he enrolled...

27. Sarp (musician) (1977)

Turkish Musician

Sarp Sanin better known as Sarp is a Turkish rock musician

28. Mertol Demirelli (1996)

Turkish Musician

Mertol Demirelli is a Turkish child prodigy pianist.

29. Neyzen Tevfik (1879)

Turkish Musician

Neyzen Tevfik real name Tevfik Kolaylı was a Turkish poet satirist and neyzen. He was born in Bodrum on March 24 1879 and died in Istanbul on January 28 1953....

30. Çiğdem Talu (1939)

Turkish Musician

Çiğdem Talu was a Turkish pop music lyricist. Çiğdem wrote her first song Ağlıyorum Yine which was sung by Nilüfer and released on her single Kalbim Bir Pusula. The great...

31. Muzaffer Ozak (Unknow)

Turkish Musician

Muzaffer Ozak was one of the head sheikhs of the Halveti-Jerrahi order of Dervishes a traditional muslim Sufi order from Istanbul. In western countries he is well known because of...

32. Hasret Gültekin (1970)

Turkish Musician

Hasret Gültekin was a Alevi musician and poet who was murdered along with 37 other people in the Sivas Province of Turkey when a fundemantalist Islamist mob set fire to...

33. Servet Kocakaya (1973)

Turkish Musician

Servet Kocakaya is a Zaza–Kurdish singer-songwriter. He sings mostly in Turkish but also has songs in Kurdish and Zazaki.

34. Cem Stamati (1981)

Turkish Musician

Cem Stamati is the bass guitar player of the Turkish band Sefarad. He was born in Istanbul and graduated in 1999 from the Jewish school in Istanbul Ulus Özel Musevi...