Fatih Kısaparmak

Who is Fatih Kısaparmak?

Fatih Kısaparmak, is a singer/songwriter of traditional Turkish folk music.

Born in Elazığ, Maden, his mother Yıldız Hanım is a retired primary school teacher, his father Necip Bey is a high school teacher, beurocrat and the coordinating principal of various high ranking schools and institutions.

In 1991, he married economist Şebnem Ergür who was a television news presenter for TRT, Channel 6, Channel 7 and Fox TV. The couple have two sons, Ozan and Kaan. After tertiary education, Fatih Kısaparmak was the music presenter for Anakara State Conservatory and TRT Anakara Radio, his artworks could also be found in State Arts Galeri. He was a photojournalist for Tasvir Newspaper while he was studying at Ankara Bahçelievler High School. In his university years, many of his poems, interviews and research papers were published in various arts and literature magazines.

He started his professional music and songwriting career in 1985. His first song Kilim was a huge success. He then released 15 music albums and wrote over 200 songs. He was known as the ‘Contemporary Ozan’, ‘Mr Kilim’ and ‘The Father of Folk’.

Fatih Kısaparmak formed two concert orchestras called ‘Group Kilim’ and ‘Group Mozaic’. He held a charity concert for Erzincan, Gölcük and Pakistan earthquakes to help organizations like Darülaceze and Unicef.