Kâni Karaca
Kâni Karaca was a Turkish performer of religious and non-religious musical works. Born in a village of Karataş, Adana, Turkey, he became blind when he was just two-month old due to an accident. He memorized the Quran in elementary school. He came to Istanbul in 1950. He worked with Sadettin Heper, and learned religious and nonreligious music from him.
Karaca was married and had three children. He died of cancer at his home in Fatih, Istanbul, on 29 May 2004 at the age of 74. Next day he was buried in the Edirnekapı cemetery after the funeral prayers in the Fatih mosque.