Yurdaer Doğulu is a musician who left his mark in the period of Turkish light music from the 1960s to the 1980s as a guitarist, arranger and conductor. He is the father of musicians Ozan Doğulu and Kenan Doğulu.
He was born on April 7, 1941 in Gaziantep. He started music with mandolin at the age of nine; He was interested in instruments such as the qanun and oud in his youth, and eventually chose the guitar as his main instrument due to his closeness to Western music.
Music career
He worked as a guitarist in Erol Büyükburç's orchestra in Istanbul. He received awards for his guitar playing and arrangements at the festivals he attended in the mid-1960s. He represented Türkiye three times in international music competitions.
He was also a prolific artist in terms of record publishing: he released four LPs and some thirty 45's throughout his career. He contributed to the light music sound of the period both with his own recordings and with the arrangements he made for other artists.
He died in Istanbul on February 19, 1987, at the age of 45. The musical tradition continued with his sons Ozan and Kenan Doğulu, who worked in the same field.
