?zkan Ugur

Raif ?zkan Ugur (born October 17, 1953 in Istanbul) is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band Mazhar-Fuat-?zkan and an actor.He was born as the 5th child of his family. He graduated Resat Nuri G��ntekin Primary School where he met and started playing mandolin. Afterwards, while he was studying in Fenerbah?e High School, he formed a band called Atomikler and covered popular songs of the time.He started his career as a musician in the Serif Y��zbasioglu Orchestra as a bass guitarist. In 1971, ?zkan joined Mazhar Alanson and Fuat G��ner in the duo "Kaygisizlar" ("The Unworrieds") The band was dissolved in 1972. Between 1972 and 1975, ?zkan played Anatolian rock music with Baris Man?o in his band Kurtalan Ekspres, in "TER" of Erkin Koray, "Dostlar" of Edip Akbayram, "Kardaslar" of Seyhan Karabay and "Dadaslar" of Ersen. In 1976, he left Anatolian rock music genre and joined the quintet "Ipucu" led by the MF? trio. ?zkan formed in 1978 the band "Grup Karma" with G... [Details Intro]