Kerem Kabadayı (born 20 December 1977) is a Turkish writer and musician (drummer). He is a founding member and party Turkish rock-band

Mor ve Ötesi Mor ve ötesi (literally ''Purple and Beyond''; a play on the word '' morötesi'', meaning ultraviolet) is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul. Its four current members are Harun Tekin (vocals and rhythm guitar), Kerem Kabadayı (drum ...

Biography

He was born on 20 December 1977 in

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, to Ülkü (Yulku) Kabadayı and his wife Müjde.

Education

From 1983 to 1988 Kerem studied at the Bahariye Primary School (Bahariye İlkokulu), and from 1988 to 1996 he studied at the private German Lycée in Istanbul, where he met

Harun Tekin Sami Harun Tekin (born 28 June 1977) is a Turkish singer, musician, and poet. He is one of the founding members and the vocalist of the Turkish rock band Mor ve Ötesi. Biography In 1988, while being a student at German High School in Istanb ...

. In 2000, he graduated from

Koç University Koç University ( tr, Koç Üniversitesi) is a non-profit private university in Istanbul, Turkey. It started education in temporary buildings in İstinye in 1993, and moved to its current Rumelifeneri campus near Sarıyer in 2000. Koç Universit ...

's Faculty of Production. Between 2001 and 2004, Kerem continued his study at the Department of History of Architecture, Urban and Contemporary Art of the

Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University ( tr, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), also known as Bosphorus University, is a major research university in Istanbul, Turkey. Its main campus is located on the European side of the Bosphorus, Bosphorus strait. It has six facult ...

. He graduated with his work "''Capitalist urbanization in Turkey between 1920 and early 1990s: an alternative interpretation" with an inclination to the Marxist theory of history, and urbanization''". In the time between 2000 and 2004, he worked as a lecturer at the Faculty of Science and Literature of Koç Üniversity. He resigned from the job, and began teaching at the postgraduate program in History of Architecture at the

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...

Creative activity

;Literature: Kerem's first article was published in the Journal of Computer Technology "''Amiga Dunyasi''" in 1992. But in the same year, the magazine ceased to exist. Since 2003, Kabadayy has been writing in the journal "''Asklepios''" (Journal of Medicine). ;Music: Kerem Kabadayi started playing drums as an amateur in 1990. Then, he took lessons from the drummer of Turkish rock band "Whisky Alpeya Assen SALT", and continued a musical career with the group "Decision", composed of Şahin Yalabık (vocals),

(guitar), Derin Esmer (guitar), Alper Tekin (bass) in 1994. Later, Şahin Yalabık musicians decided to move to the Turkish lyrics, who founded in 1995 the group

("Violet and ultra"). The first album Şehir was published in 1996. Kerem Kabadayi became the author of four songs of the album:''Sabahın Köründe'',''Uyku'',''Past'' and ''Reality''. ''Uyku'' is the first song of the Turkish language.

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* 1977 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2008 Deutsche Schule Istanbul alumni Istanbul Technical University alumni Koç University alumni Mor ve Ötesi members Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Turkey Turkish rock musicians 21st-century drummers {{Turkey-musician-stub