Zafer Dilek

Born in Adana in 1944, Zafer Dilek (born Zafer Akansoy) devoted his life to music from the moment a mandolin gift in his youth set him on an enduring path. From his early days in the 1960s with the band Mavi Gölgeler to his move to Istanbul for university, he steadily built a career that bridged performance, composition, arrangement, and production. He played with influential groups and orchestras, appeared in cinema, and became a sought-after studio guitarist