Fuat Saka

Fuat Saka (born 1952) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, arranger, and guitarist (although he may be more precisely called a multi-instrumentalist).[1]

Fuat Saka
Fuat Saka at the Diyarbakır Culture-Art Festival
Background information
Born	1952 (age 70–71) Trabzon, Turkey
Genres	Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, arranger, multi-instrumentalist
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1980–present

Saka received art training in İstanbul and later music training in France and (Germany). He had to leave Turkey in 1980, after the coup for political reasons. He lived in Europe up until 1998, travelling and collaborating with numerous musicians. Saka still divides most of his time between İstanbul, Hamburg, 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.[2] He has performed with Greek musicians Nikos Papazoglou and Dionysis Savvopoulos since the mid-1980s.[3]