Cengiz Kurtoğlu
Cengiz Kurtoğlu | |
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| Born | 28 October 1957 Arhavi, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey |
| Genres | Fantasty, folk, folk-pop, Arabesque, electronic, Turkish classicial |
| Occupation(s) | musician, songwriter, arranger, lyricist, composer, record producer, pianist |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, synthesizer, kemençe, kemençe of the Black Sea, tambur, tanbur, percussion, musical keyboard, oud, qanun |
| Years active | 1982–present |
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Cengiz Kurtoğlu (born. 28 October 1957) is a Turkish musician, record producer, lyricist, songwriter, composer, and pianist.
He worked as a civil servant at a tea factory in Rize Province and moved to Istanbul in 1984. On 12 September 1984, his first album Sen Sözden Anlamaz Mısın? was released. His later albums helped him garner popularity, and a fan group called Cengizciler was established (Fans of Cengiz). In 2010 Cengiz Kurtoğlu released an album called Sessizce.