Fuat Saka (born 1952) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, arranger, and guitarist (although he may be more precisely called a multi-instrumentalist).

Biography

Saka received art training in

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and later music training in France and (Germany). He had to leave

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in 1980, after

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for political reasons. He lived in Europe up until 1998, travelling and collaborating with numerous musicians. Saka still divides most of his time between Istanbul,

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, and Paris and tours several countries with his ''Fuat Saka International Group'' consisting of German, American, Georgian, and Azerbaijani musicians. He is of also Georgian descent by his mother. He has performed with Greek musicians

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and

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since the mid-1980s.

Discography

* 1982 ''Yıkılır Zulmün Son Kaleleri'' * 1983 ''Ayrılık Türküsü'' * 1984 ''Kerem Gibi'' (Poems of Nazım Hikmet) * 1987 ''Sevdalı Türküler'' * 1988 ''Nebengleis (Kenardaki Ray)'' * 1989 ''Askaros'' * 1991 ''Semahlar ve Deyişler'' * 1993 ''Şiirce'' * 1994 ''Torik Baliklar Ülkesinde'' * 1996 ''Arhavili İsmail'' * 1997 ''Lazutlar'' * 1998 ''Sen'' * 2000 ''Lazutlar II'' * 2001 ''Perçem Perçem'' * 2002 ''Lazutlar III'' * 2004 ''Lazutlar Livera''Date on the audiocasette on Artvizyon * 2005 ''Lazutlar (Seçmeler)'' * 2006 ''Bir Sürgünün Not Defteri'' * 2006 ''Fuat Saka Koleksiyon (3 CD)'' * 2008 ''Lazutlar 2008'' * 2012 ''Nenni''

References

1952 births Living people People from Trabzon Turkish musicians Turkish people of Georgian descent People who lost Turkish citizenship {{Turkey-musician-stub