Biography
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Born
1967 (age 57)
Cengiz Özkan (b. 1967 in Divrigi) is a Turkish musician and singer, playing baglama, and specialising in Anatolian traditional music.
He completed his primary education in Istanbul, and went on to graduate from Istanbul Technical University State Musical Conservatory. He completed his M.Sc. at the Istanbul Technical University Institute of Social Sciences, in the Turkish Folk Music Department.
He played baglama in the Istanbul University Turkish Folk Music Group between 1988 and 1991. In 1989 he started to work in TRT (Turkish Radio and Television) Istanbul Radio.
Cengiz Özkan covers different regional varieties of Anatolian Folk Music. He has produced several albums so far, including three solo albums.
Discography
Kırmızı Buğday (1998)
Ah İstanbul (2001)
Yâre Dokunma (2001, Muharrem Temiz ile birlikte)
Saklarım Gözümde Güzelliğini - Aşık Veysel Türküleri (2003)
Gelin (2005)
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