Onur Akın

Onur Akın is a Turkish musician known as a composer and performer in the field of original music. He was born on March 6, 1967 in Ahlat district of Bitlis. He made a place in the memory of his original music listeners with "Wait for Us Istanbul", which he composed from Vedat Türkali's poem.

Life and education

He is the youngest of six children of a teacher father and a housewife mother. Due to his father's appointment, the family moved to Beykoz district of Istanbul when he was a baby. He completed his primary and secondary education in schools in Paşabahçe and high school at Paşabahçe Ferit İnal High School. He completed his higher education in the field of journalism and public relations at Istanbul University, Faculty of Communication.

Music career

He founded Grup Baran in 1987. The band's first album, Yediveren, was released in 1989, and its second and last album, Kuytuda Başak, was released in 1991. During this period, he composed and performed the poem "Wait for Us, Istanbul", written by Vedat Türkali in 1944.

After the group, he continued his work alone. His solo period, which started with Seni İstanbul Yaplı, released in 1993, extended into the 2010s with albums such as Aşk rested on us and Kanatında Kaldı Bahar. In addition to Vedat Türkali, he also composed verses of poets such as Nazım Hikmet. From the harsher and more oppositional songs of his early years, he gradually turned to a more lyrical line with a love theme. He founded his own music company called Eylül Music.

He also composed campaign songs for the Republican People's Party during election periods.

His works, which combine poetry and music, have made him one of the well-known names in the original music tradition since the 1990s.