Artist Info: Cem Karaca

Cem Karaca (1945-2004) was a prominent Turkish rock musician and one of the most important figures in the Anatolian rock movement.

Karaca was born on 5th April 1945. His first group was called Dynamites, and was a classic rock cover band. Later he joined Jaguars, an Elvis Presley cover band. In 1967, he started to write his own music, forming the band ApaÅŸlar, his first Turkish-language group. In 1969, Karaca and bass-player Serhan Karabay left ApaÅŸlar and started an original Anatolian group called KardaÅŸlar (Brothers). [read more...]