Ankaralı Turgut | |
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Birth name | Turgut Karataş |
Also known as | Ankaralı Turgut |
Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Ankara, Turkey |
Genres | Turkish folk, Arabesque |
Instrument(s) | Bağlama |
Years active | 1990–present |
Turgut Karataş (born 1963), better known as Ankaralı Turgut, is one of the oldest and most popular Romani singers from the "Ankaralı" (English: from Ankara) school of Turkish ethnic music. [1] [2] [3] He started his career in early 1990s. With the impact of popular music culture on Turkey, most regional singers of Ankara turned towards a new kind of novelty music, which puts into music the sexuality and black humor involved in daily life.