Öztürk İlmaz is a Turkish singer born on July 23, 1976 in Kars. He completed his primary and secondary education in Istanbul and entered the music world with the band Cigarette, which he founded during his high school years. Afterwards, he also performed in the bands Abflex and Kronik, and in 1997, he released his first solo album called "Güneş Will Do Without You", produced by Ali Oytam from Erol Köse Production.
He shot a video for the song "Kaç Gel" from this album, and while he continued his music career with album tours, he also continued to work on his second album called "Vasiyet". He composed music together with Deniz Yılmaz and included "Dağlar Dayanmaz" in Demir Demirkan's albums and "Dön Bana" in Asrın Tuncer's albums.
Video clips were prepared for the songs "Yalnizim", "Vasiyet" and "Düşman" from the album "Vasiyet", released in 2002, and he also performed in the cover band called Hücum Kedi during the album tours.
İlmaz, who started preparations for his third studio album "Öztürk" in 2005, announced his album in 2007 after a five-month recording process with Can Alper, Özcan Karanfil, Koray Erkan and Can Güngör. Guest artists such as Özlem Tekin, Mustafa Kemal Öztürk (Badem) and Gökalp Ergen took part in the album; A video clip was also shot for the song "Aldırma". In 2011, he released another album called " Benim Gibi ".
In 2016, he founded a music group called "İnsan" in Kadıköy and became the vocalist. Members of the band include bass guitarist Barış Koşbay, guitarist Hamid Nejatem and drummer Güvenç Kaplan. Two clips were shot for the band's first work, "Valentine's Day". The lyrics and music of the song belong to Öztürk İlmaz, and the arrangement belongs to the band members.
Productions in which he took part
- Kral Türkiye Music Awards (1995) — Nominee
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
