Orhan Gencebay (born August 4, 1944) is an iconic Turkish musician, composer, and actor widely revered as the "inventor" and "father" of the genre, a role he famously prefers to call "Gencebay Music" or "Progressive Turkish Music". Musical Evolution & Style
Gencebay’s response was philosophical: "I never wrote for a party. I wrote for the heart. If the government uses my song, that is their mistake, not mine." this is orhan gencebay
Always was. Always will be.