Category
page 1Musicians from Istanbul
Tchéky Karyo
Turkish-French actor (1953–2025)
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Turkish writer (1901–1962)
Ayla Erduran
Turkish violinist (1934–2025)
Arif Mardin
Turkish-American record producer (1932–2006)
Tigran Chukhajian
Ottoman Armenian composer, conductor, and writer (1837–1898)
Erkin Koray
Turkish singer-songwriter (1941–2023)
Hayko Cepkin
Turkish musician of Armenian ancestry (born 1978)
Necil Kazım Akses
Turkish composer (1908–1999)
Şebnem Paker
Turkish singer (born 1977)
Paul Misraki
French composer of popular music and film scores (1908–1998)
Gülsin Onay
Turkish musician (born 1954)
Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Turkish musician of Armenian ancestry (born 1957)
Diran Alexanian
cello teacher (1881-1954)
Yavuz Bingöl
Turkish musician (born 1964)
Dimitri from Paris
French musician, DJ and record producer
Fatma Gevheri Sultan
Ottoman noble (1904–1980)
Hampartsoum Limondjian
Ottoman Armenian composer and music theorist (1768–1839)
Pınar Toprak
Turkish composer (born 1980)
Osman Zeki Üngör
Turkish composer (1880–1958)
Onno Tunç
Turkish singer-songwriter of Armenian ancestry (1948–1996)
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Italian opera singer (1920-1991)
Edgar Manas
Turkish composer of Armenian ancestry (1875–1964)
Nesrin Sipahi
Turkish singer (born 1934)
İlhan Usmanbaş
Turkish composer (1921–2025)
Yaşar Kurt
Turkish-Armenian singer and songwriter (b. 1968)
Şahan Arzruni
Armenian musician
Fikret Kızılok
Turkish musician (1946–2001)
Jaklin Çarkçı
Turkish opera singer (born 1958)
Özkan Uğur
Turkish musician (1953–2023)
Pekinel sisters
Duo female pianists, identical twins, from Turkey
Garo Mafyan
Turkish musician (born 1951)
Victoria Kamhi
Turkish pianist (1902–1997)
Ohannes Çekiçyan
Turkish composer of Armenian ancestry (born 1928)
Gökhan Özoğuz
Turkish singer (born 1976)
Schahan Berberian
Armenian musician and philosopher
İlhan Mimaroğlu
Turkish musician (1926–2012)
Özay Fecht
Turkish-German actor and singer (born 1953)
Kemani Tatyos Ekserciyan
Ottoman Armenian composer
Cemil Bey
Ottoman composer and tanbur player (1873–1916)
Fuat Güner
Turkish actor and musician (born 1948)
Ida Kavafian
American violinist
Timur Selçuk
Turkish musician (1946–2020)
Yeghia Dndesian
musician
Okay Temiz
Turkish musician (born 1939)
Ani Kavafian
American violinist
Leylâ Saz
Turkish composer and writer (1850–1936)
Sadettin Kaynak
Turkish composer (1895–1961)
Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu
Turkish harpist (1972–2009)
Bülent Arel
Turkish composer (1919–1990)
Sirvart Kalpakyan Karamanuk
Turkish composer of Armenian ancestry (1912–2008)
Hacı Arif Bey
Turkish musician and lyricist (1831–1885)
Münir Nurettin Selçuk
Turkish composer and musician (1900–1981)
Ferit Tüzün
Turkish composer (1929–1977)
Verda Erman
Turkish concert pianist (1944–2014)
Rauf Yekta
Turkish musicologist (1871–1935)
Madam Anahit
Turkish musician (1917–2003)
Parunak Ferukhan
Armenian politician and violinist
Suat Suna
Turkish singer (born 1975)
Ergican Saydam
Turkish pianist (1929–2009)
Petros Bereketis
Greek-Orthodox composer and teacher, phanariot