Okan Murat Öztürk

Okan Murat Öztürk (b. 1967) is a Turkish bağlama player, specialising in traditional Anatolian music. Öztürk was born in Ankara. He learnt traditional music and methods of baglama playing by listening to master musicians such as Muharrem Ertaş, Ramazan Güngör, Neşet Ertaş, Feyzullah Çınar, Mehmet Erenler, Musa Eroğlu, Talip Özkan, and Arif Sağ. He had the chance to work with teachers like Coskun Güla and Metin Aktan. He worked as a baglama player with the Ministry of Culture