Hasan Mutlucan


Hasan Mutlucan was a Turkish folk music singer.

Life and career

Mutlucan was born on 1 March 1926 in İzmir. His father died when he was six. In Istanbul, he began working in a theatre group as an assistant decorator. Soon, he took several small roles, but he preferred a music career. In the late 1940s, he attended the conservatoire of the Istanbul municipality. With his exceptionally low bass voice, he was offered a position in the opera, but he preferred to sing folk songs. Among the folk songs, especially those with epic lyrics, were his favorites. After 1973, he began singing epic-style songs in Turkish [Radio and Television Corporation]. After the 1980 [Turkish coup d'état], his songs were played so often that he was nicknamed the "singer of the coup", though he rigorously denied any association to military government and announced that he was a democrat. After retirement, he lived mostly in İzmir. He died on 28 December 2011 in Istanbul.

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