Neşet Ertaş

Singer, Composer

1938 – 2012

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Who was Neşet Ertaş?

Neşet Ertaş was a Turkish folk music singer, lyricist, and virtuoso of the traditional Turkish instrument the bağlama. His profession in Turkish is known as halk ozanı, which literally means "folk bard". Yaşar Kemal gave Ertaş his nickname, "Bozkırın Tezenesi", writing it in a book he gave him as a gift.

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Born
1938
Çiçekdağı
Also known as
  • Neset Ertas
  • Bozkırın Tezenesi
  • Plectrum of the Steppe
  • Ertaş, Neşet
Nationality
  • Turkey
Profession
Education
  • Honorary degree, Istanbul Technical University
    ( - 2011)
Lived in
  • Kırşehir
Died
Sep 25, 2012
İzmir

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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