WAli Ekber Çiçek was a Turkish folk musician.
WUğur Işılak is a Turkish musician, composer and politician.
WAbdurrahman Lermi, better known as Apolas Lermi, is a Turkish folksinger and musician.
WEngin Ayhan, commonly known as Engin Nurşani, was a Turkish-German folk musician. He started his music career with the Adına Bir Çizik Çektim album in 2003, and released eight albums in total until he got a throat cancer in 2019 and took a temporary break from his music career. On 25 December 2020, he died at Istanbul Acıbadem Altunizade Hospital at around 07:00 AM (UTC+3).
WErkan Oğur is a Turkish musician. A pioneer of fretless guitars, he invented the first fretless classical guitar in 1976. A composer, he has influenced many musicians with his compositions combining the sounds of Turkish folk music and classical music with the ancient traditional music. He has played many concerts all over the world. He is regarded as a master of the kopuz and bağlama lutes.
WHasan Cihat Örter is a Turkish composer, progressive guitarist and arranger.
WPicoğlu Osman was a Turkish kemençe player from the Eastern Black Sea Region in Turkey. He was also a famous composer and he is thought to be one of the best kemençe players.
WErcan Şahin is a Turkish folk musician.
Wİbrahim Tatlıses is a Turkish folk singer and former actor. Since the 1970s he has been one of the best-known and most successful singers of the pop Arabesk style. Tatlıses has recorded 42 albums, including notable albums such as Ayağında Kundura and Selam Olsun and was the host of the highly popular television programme İbo Show. He was also a leading actor that appeared in several dozen films, and also has had many business ventures.