In Brief
- Born in Aydın, Turkey, in 1983.
- Has played the ney since 2001.
- Studied the ney in the Turkish music programme of the Afyon Kocatepe University State Conservatory and graduated in 2007.
- Completed a master’s degree with pedagogical training at Yeditepe University in 2010.
- Taught at Okan University (2014–2015) and the Aydın Adnan Menderes University State Conservatory (2022–2023).
- Music therapist; has worked with special education students through music therapy since 2009.
- Released the album “Ney’se Turkish Mystic Music” in 2011 (Yavuz-Burç Plakçılık).
- Founded NeyzenTV in 2018 and has been making neys since the same year.
- Published his ney method book, Ney Eğitim Kitabı, in 2022.
- Holds the Bearer of Intangible Cultural Heritage Card of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism (branch: Instrument Making – Ney; registered 2024).
Stage and Projects
In 2013 he played the ney with Yıldız Kenter in “Miras – Kültürel Müzik Ses Nefes Ruh Beden”, staged at the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center in İzmir. He has also taken part in “müzikotizm”, a music project with special education students, including students with autism, intellectual disabilities and Down syndrome. He played the lead in two short films by director Ferit Karahan, “New York’ta Bir Türk” and “Milyonerler Kulübü”, and took acting lessons from Yıldız Kenter.
In the Press
- Lise yıllarında gönül verdiği neyi üretiyor – Demirören News Agency (DHA), 23 September 2026 (in Turkish)
- Yıldız Kenter kimdir? – Hürriyet, 18 November 2019 (in Turkish; lists the 2013 performance “Miras”)
- Neyi ile ruhları şifalandırıyor – Yeni Asır, 25 August 2019 (in Turkish)
- Özel öğrencilere neyli terapi – Habertürk (İHA), 17 December 2018 (in Turkish)
- Aydınlı Neyzen Büyülüyor – İhlas News Agency, 2012 (in Turkish)
- Ney, otistik çocukların tedavisinde kullanılacak – Milliyet, 9 August 2011 (in Turkish)
The Workshop
At his workshop in Kusadasi he opens Kız, Yıldız and Mansur neys from Antalya, Hatay Samandağ and Adana Ceyhan reed, and checks every instrument by blowing it at 440 Hz concert pitch before it leaves the workshop. See the ney models and the workshop page.
Lessons and Guides
His ney lessons are mainly given online, and the NeyzenTV channel publishes free ney lessons. He writes the guides on this site: see the blog and ney education.