Uğur Işılak (born 15 November 1971) is a Turkish musician, composer and politician.
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Member of the Grand National Assembly (25th Parliament) | |
In office 7 June 2015 – 1 November 2015 | |
Constituency | Istanbul |
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Born | (1971-11-15) 15 November 1971 (age 50) Neviges, West Germany |
Occupation | Politician, singer, composer, poet |
Website | www |
Musical career | |
Genres | Anatolian rock, Turkish folk |
Instrument(s) | Bağlama, ney, oud, guitar |
Years active | 1988–present |
Labels | Günalp, Raks, Divan, Akbaş, Ulus, TZN, Olimpiyat, SimKlas Media, TFM |
Musical artist | |
At the 7 June 2015 general elections in Turkey, he became a member of the 25th term of the Turkish Parliament for Istanbul Province representing the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party).[1]
Işılak was born on 15 November 1971 in Neviges to Ahmet Işılak and his wife Arife. He is originally from Ankara's Şereflikoçhisar district. Işılak became involved with music at a young age. After completing his primary, secondary and high school education in Germany, his family moved to Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, in 1983. He graduated from Konya Selçuk University's Literature Faculty. Işılak speaks fluent German and semi-fluent English.[2]
Işılak began his career as a professional musician in 1987. He has gone in for more than a thousand cultural and art activities[clarification needed] in Turkey, Europe, America, Australia and Central Asia for almost 30 years. He made more than 20 records (albums). Among these, are important albums which were compiled and composed from important Turkish poets like Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman (Süleyman the Magnificent) and Yavuz Sultan Selim, poets representing parts of Turkey's 1000 year literary history. He was granted many awards for his cultural contributions.[citation needed] He made cultural and art programs for many national channels particularly in TRT, ATV and 360TV He is still making these programs.[3]
In addition to these, he prepared the Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) election songs: "Haydi Anadolu" (Come on Anatolia) in 2002, "Herşey Türkiye İçin" (Turkey for Everything) in 2008, "İnandık Hakka" (We believe in God) and "Dombra" in 2014.[4]
After preparing Justice and Development Party's election songs, He was elected as an AK Party Member of Parliament at the June 2015 general election.
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