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Born Istanbul, March 23, 1975.Finished Marmara University (B.A. in Industrial Product Design) (1997)Started playing drums in the basement of my apartment with a band I formed with frends (1989)Performed with bands such as Virus, Badluck, Blue Blues Band, and The End during high school yearsJoined Not With My Sister in 1994 covering alternative rock songs in important clubs in IstanbulLater on joined Cockroach which had a large audience in Istanbul and continued covering alternative rock songs.Established my own rehersal studio in 1995 and started playing with KurbanKurban released its debut album in 1999.Designed the cover of the album and created the bands website (First official music band site in Turkey)In 2003 Kurban released its self-produced album SertPlayed the drums for the recording of Teomans album En Gzel Hikayem in 2004Toured with Mor ve Otesi in Turkey, in 2004Kurban released its third album, Insanlar, in may 2005 but 2 months later we decided to give an end to our musical carrier as a band and to carry on different projects and solo albums.Joined Athena, fourth winner of Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, and performed the drums of the bands album Athena in 2005 and "IT" ep in 2006.Kurban has reformed in December 2006 and will be touring Turkey in 2007. I endorse Istanbul Agop - Alchemy cymbals and play a Tama Starclassic Maple kit.The videos above are from the recording sessions of Kurban's latest album "Insanlar". These are the original takes that are used in tracks "Ben" and "Sakin Söyleme" (September,2004)