Faruk Kurukaya was born on April 20, 1973 in Şişli district of Istanbul and entered the stage under the name "Faruk K". After graduating from Istanbul Construction Vocational High School, she started taking private dance lessons in 1991, after two years of amateur theater experience, and with her talent in this field, she appeared on the professional stage in 1992 in the musical Muhabbet-92, which also featured Şener Şen and Emel Sayın.
Faruk K, who started his dance career with Yonca Evcimik in the same year, continued this journey for nine years and during this period, he turned to composition and songwriting and stepped into the world of music.
In 1992, he released a tape called "Father" with the sketch group "Virusler"; Four years later, he released his first single with the group "A Few Good Men" and then a joint album with "Çıtır Kızlar". After graduating from the relevant department of Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory for modern dance education, she focused on art direction and choreography and took part in many artists' music videos, concerts and television programs.
Between 1996 and 2000, he took part as an artistic director and choreographer in the music videos directed by Hakan Yonat, Kemal Başbuğ, Gürsel Aksun and Deniz Akel, and in the 2001-2007 period, he directed the music videos of names such as Demet Akalın, Zeynep Mansur, Zeynel Aba, Ebru Şimşek, Yelda Başaran and Özlem Cevher.
Faruk K, who made his musical debut with his solo album "Azar Azar" in 2001, continued this success with the albums "Honki Ponki" in 2002, "Enerji" in 2005 and "Aşk Tek Yön" in 2008. In the transition between 2008 and 2009, he presented his new songs to the audience with his album "Kalbimin Sesi"; Then, he stepped into the music market again by releasing the album "Fark" in 2011.
In this album, he included the works of well-known artists such as Sezen Aksu, Serdar Ortaç and Zeynep Dizdar, and shot the music videos with Zeynep Dizdar's "Adalet Yerinde" and Sezen Aksu's single "Kusura Bakma". He also appeared on the screens as a guest actor in some episodes of the TV series "İşler Güçler", which was broadcast on Star TV in 2012, and in 2020, he appeared in the promotional advertisement of the Azar Video Chat application.
Most recently, in 2025, he served as the composer and lyricist in the remake of the song "Yaşanacaksa Yaşanacak (Right Never Mind)" from "Çıtır Kızlar" by Manifest group called "Yaşanacaksa".
