Kurtalan Ekspres is a Turkish Anatolian rock band that has worked with several famous lead singers, such as
Cem Karaca
Muhtar Cem Karaca (5 April 1945 – 8 February 2004) was a prominent Turkish rock musician and one of the most important figures in the Anatolian rock movement. He was a graduate of Robert College. He worked with various Turkish rock bands such ...
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Cahit Berkay Cahit is a Turkish given name for males. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word Jahid (Arabic: جاهِد ''jāhid''), which means "effort, strive" or " endeavour" and stems from the Arabic verb ''jahada'' (Arabic: َجَهَد) "to do effort ...
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Barış Manço
Mehmet Barış Manço (born Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço; 2 January 1943 – 1 February 1999), better known by his stage name Barış Manço, was a Turkish rock musician, singer, composer, actor, television producer and show host. Beg ...
. The band takes its name from a train named Kurtalan Express, which travels between
Kurtalan
Kurtalan ( ku, Misircê) is a municipality in the Kurtalan District of Siirt Province in Turkey. The municipality is populated by Kurds of the Pencenarî tribe and had a population of 36,273 in 2021.
Government
In the local elections of 2019 B ...
and
Haydarpaşa
Haydarpaşa is a neighborhood within the Kadıköy and Üsküdar districts on the Asian part of Istanbul, Turkey. Haydarpaşa is named after Ottoman Vizier Haydar Pasha. The place, on the coast of Sea of Marmara, borders to Harem in the northwest ...
. Kurtalan Ekspres was founded by Barış Manço in 1971, and initially included Murat Ses, Erdinç Avcı,
Fuat Güner
Aziz Fuat Güner (born 1 April 1948), better known as Fuat Güner, is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor.
Early life
He was born on 1 April 1948 in Istanbul, Turkey to a renowned photographer father, Sami G ...
Bahadır Akkuzu
Bahadır Akkuzu (February 3, 1955 – August 6, 2009) was a Turkish singer and musician who was a self-taught guitarist and vocalist.
Biography
Akkuzu began playing shows at the age of 15 and at the age of 17 joined a rock and roll group called "4 ...
joined the group as the lead guitarist. After Barış Manço's death in 1999, the band began working with Cem Karaca. After Cem Karaca's death in 2004, Bahadır Akkuzu took over the vocals. Bahadır Akkuzu died of a heart attack in 2009.
Cihangir Akkuzu
Cihangir is a neighborhood in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, between Taksim Square and Kabataş. It has many narrow streets, two parks, and many street cafes especially in and around Akarsu Yokuşu Sokağı.
The neighbourhood ha ...
Fuat Güner
Aziz Fuat Güner (born 1 April 1948), better known as Fuat Güner, is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor.
Early life
He was born on 1 April 1948 in Istanbul, Turkey to a renowned photographer father, Sami G ...
Kirkor Kalender Kirkor is a given name and a surname. An archaic Polish-language feminine for of the surname is Kirkorowa.
As an Armenian given name (Գրիգոր), it has variants, Krikor, and Grigor , all being variants of the given name Gregory.
Notable peop ...
(1972),
Mustafa Sarışın
Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى
, Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in the Muslim world.
Given name Mou ...
(1974),
Nurhan Özcan
Nurhan is a Turkish unisex name and may refer to:
Given name
* Nurhan Atasoy (born 1934), Turkish art historian
* Nurhan Çakmak (born 1981), Turkish women's footballer
* Nurhan Çınar (born 1994), Turkish field hockey player
* Nurhan Fırat
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(1974),
Samim Boztaş
Sahim (full name Sahim Winiger) is a Swiss producer of electronic dance music.
Biography
Winiger is of Iranian descent.Fehimen Uğurdemir (1976, 1980), Özkan Uğur (1978-1985),
Bahadır Akkuzu
Bahadır Akkuzu (February 3, 1955 – August 6, 2009) was a Turkish singer and musician who was a self-taught guitarist and vocalist.
Biography
Akkuzu began playing shows at the age of 15 and at the age of 17 joined a rock and roll group called "4 ...
(1978-2009, deceased in 2009)
Flute: Erdinç Avcı (1971-1972),
Oktay Aldoğan
Oktay is a Turkish masculine given name. It is also used as a surname. Notable people with the name are as follows:
First name
*Oktay Afandiyev (1926–2013), Azerbaijani historian
*Oktay Delibalta (born 1985), Turkish football player
* Oktay Dere ...
(1974-1982, deceased in 2014),
Serdar Ertürk Serdar may refer to
* Serdar (given name)
* Serdar (surname)
* SERDAR, a stabilized remote-controlled Ukrainian weapon station
* Serdar (city) in Turkmenistan, the capital of Serdar District
* Serdar (Ottoman rank), a military and noble rank of ...
(1980-1988), Serdar Akatlar (1980-1983)
Keyboard: Murat Ses (1972-1974),
Yalçın Gürbüz Yalçın or Yalcin is a given name and a surname of Turkic origin. It may refer to:
Given name
* Yalchin Rzazadeh (born 1969), a Soviet-period Azerbaijani pop singer
* Yalçın Akdoğan (born 1969), Turkish politician
* Yalçın Ayhan (born 1982) ...
(1975),
Kılıç Danışman Kılıç is a Turkish word meaning "sword" and may refer to:
Places
* Kılıç, Anamur, a village in Anamur district of Mersin Province, Turkey
* Kılıç, Gerger, a village in Gerger district of Adıyaman Province, Turkey
Other uses
* Kılıç (s ...