Turgut Karataş (11 September 1963 – 15 December 2024), better known as Ankaralı Turgut, was a Turkish singer of Romani descent who was one of the oldest and most popular singers from the "Ankaralı" (English: Ankaran) school of Turkish folk music.[1][2][3] Born in Ayaş on 11 September 1963,[4][5] he started his career in the early 1990s.

Ankaralı Turgut
Birth nameTurgut Karataş
Born(1963-09-11)11 September 1963
Ayaş, Ankara, Turkey
Died15 December 2024(2024-12-15) (aged 61)
Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey
Genres
InstrumentBağlama
Years active1990s–2024

Karataş died from lung cancer at Ankara Etlik City Hospital, on 15 December 2024, at the age of 61.[6][7]

Partial discography

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  • Yakalarsam Tık TıkIf I Catch Her, Knock Knock
  • Ben Karı İsterim BaboDaddy, I Want a Woman!
  • Ver Diyom VermiyoI Say "Give It to Me", She Says "No"
  • Ankara'nın GülleriRoses of Ankara (feat. Ankaralı Yasemin [tr])
  • TurgutçaIn Turgut's Language
  • Dah Diri Dom Annene DiyiverecemI'll Tell Your Mother, 'Dah Diri Dom'
  • ParaMoney

References

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  1. ^ Solmaz, Metin [tr] (1996). Türkiye'de pop müzik: dünü ve bügünü ile bir infilak masalı. [Pop music in Turkey: A tale of surge in popularity with its todays and yesterdays]. (in Turkish). p.42.
  2. ^ Meriç, Murat [tr] (2006). Pop dedik: Türkçe sözlü Hafif Batı Müziği. [We called it Pop: Moderate Western Music with Turkish lyrics]. (in Turkish). p.92.
  3. ^ "Ankaralı Turgut'un hastalığı ne? Ankaralı Turgut kimdir?" [What illness does Ankaralı Turgut have? Who is Ankaralı Turgut?]. A Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Ankaralı Turgut'tan acı haber" [Sad news from Ankaralı Turgut]. OdaTV (in Turkish). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  5. ^ ABB Mezarlık Bilgi Sistemi v2.1 [AMM Cemetery Information Database v2.1] (in Turkish). Ankara Metropolitan Municipality [tr]. Retrieved 17 December 2024. Records are not listed under a separate link when searched. For the relevant record to be listed, search with the filters: "Mezarlık [Cemetery]: Ortaköy Mezarlığı [[[Ortaköy Cemetery]] [tr]]; Ada [Isle]: D15; Parsel [Parcel]: 45".
  6. ^ "Ankaralı Turgut hayatını kaybetti" [Ankaralı Turgut has died] (in Turkish). Serbestiyet. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Kanser tedavisi gören şarkıcı Ankaralı Turgut hayatını kaybetti" [Singer Ankaralı Turgut, who was undergoing cancer treatment, has died]. Habertürk TV (in Turkish). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
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