Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat
Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat | |
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| Born | 1 February 1923 |
| Died | 16 October 2014 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, painter, poet |
Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (1 February 1923 in Malatya – 16 October 2014 in Ankara) was a Turkish composer, painter and poet.
Fırat graduated from Istanbul University with a degree in law in 1948 and held a career as a judge until his retirement in 1979.
All through his life, Fırat was involved in the arts: music, writing, painting. He began to compose music and write his first poems and stories in the early 1940s, and took up painting in 1960.