Born on January 10, 2007, İlker Hangün joined Hip-hop culture under the stage name Parazit. Living in Cyprus and stepping into his music career at the age of 15, this talented artist continues his production without slowing down and keeps making a name for himself.
His Musical Identity and Style
The city he lives in and the life experiences he has gone through are directly reflected in Parazit’s writing. In his lyrics, the artist presents his listeners with a sincere narrative by depicting street reality, trust issues, and fake friendships.
Stating that he does not closely follow the current Turkish Rap scene because he finds it too similar and monotonous, Parazit has in this way created his own unique, hybrid style. Blending “street style” with “emotional” elements, the artist refuses to stick to a single type (type) and puts into words whatever his mood at that moment requires.
Despite his young age, Parazit displays a mature attitude and offers the following advice to young musicians coming from the same path:
“Never give up, because through your art you can get one step closer to your dreams every single day.”
Born on July 8, 2003, Sultanbeg Ruslanov joined Hip-hop culture under the stage name Sulatibey. The artist, whose interest in music began at a very early age, enrolled in a music school at the age of 11 in the city of Seydi, Lebap province of Turkmenistan, where he received voice, vocal and singing training and learned to play various instruments.
Musical Identity and Style
Sulatibey was introduced to rap music at the age of 11 and, inspired by Russian rapper Timati, turned towards this field. By writing his first track at the age of 15, he made an impressive entrance into the Turkish Rap scene.
By embracing niche styles such as Alternative Rap, Emo Trap, Lo-Fi and Trapsoul, which have not yet become widespread in the Turkish rap scene, the artist has developed a musical identity that is uniquely his own. These styles promise emotional depth and a modern sound to the listener.
Currently continuing his education in the Digital Game Design department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Istanbul Aydın University, Sulatibey pursues his music career alongside his academic studies.
Fulya Erciyas is an artist who began her musical journey with classical music education and brought this discipline together with pop music to connect with her audience. Born and raised in Mersin, she completed her professional training at Mersin University, Faculty of Performing Arts, Opera-Singing Department.
Her Musical Identity and Career
The artist made an impressive entrance into the pop music world with her first single, whose lyrics and music are her own, “You Got Lost in My Dreams“. She delicately combines the strong discipline she gained from classical music with modern pop sounds, creating a unique and emotional style.
In her second work on her musical journey, “YOU ARE IN THE CORNER OF MY MIND“, she reunited with her listeners. With her third work, again with lyrics and music written by herself, “If I Had Known“, she achieved an important milestone in her career. Continuing to release new singles, the artist states that she spends much of her free time writing song lyrics.
Serkan Özdemir is an artist who builds his musical journey on emotion and sincerity. With the lyrics he writes and the music he composes, Özdemir takes his audience on a deep internal journey. He believes that when his songs meet the listener, they transform from the writer’s story into the listener’s own experience. This high level of empathy in the artist enhances the depth and longevity of his works.
Musical Identity and Philosophy
Serkan Özdemir’s artistic philosophy is quite clear and profound: “Not all songs need a story!”
According to him, when the writer offers himself, his heart, and his emotions in a song, the listener shares in that story and the piece becomes a personal experience for them. Özdemir’s greatest wish is for his music to reach the sincerity and love in the listener’s heart, to become a part of them, and to multiply together with them. This approach highlights his authenticity and the strength of the connection he forms with his audience.
Recent Works and Impact on the Market
Toward the end of 2025, Serkan Özdemir drew attention in the music market with two surprising songs that said “I’m Here Too!”:
Especially the call of “BELKİDE” song “The BELKİ(DE) You Hear Is Your Story!” has proposed listeners to personalize the song by building a strong empathy bridge. These two tracks, which quickly found a place in radio and music charts, prove that Serkan Özdemir successfully delivered his unique lyrics and music to the audience.
With the artist’s heartfelt approach focusing on sincerity in the heart, it is expected to leave a lasting mark in the music world.
IMG is a musician who stands out with his deep passion for music and his constantly changing, unrestrictive artistic approach. The artist creates his own unique path in the music world by combining the great pleasure he derives from his solo work and the strong communication he exhibits in teamwork.
Artistic Identity and Universality of Style
The most distinctive feature of IMG’s musical identity is his refusal to adhere to a specific genre. The artist defines his style as “not having a style”; he finds it more appropriate to produce music in many styles rather than just one. However, IMG’s songwriting process is entirely dependent on his momentary feelings. He states that due to the rapid change of feelings, he can produce works in very different styles on the same day.
Additionally, IMG places great importance on the studio environment. He emphasizes that silence and focus are indispensable in the studio. According to the artist, each song has its own character and stance, and when the artist steps up to the microphone, he must embody the character of that song. On the other hand, he also mentions that he has personal and private works that he has not yet allowed anyone to hear, which he listens to later and confronts himself with.
Stage Experience and Musical Philosophy
IMG states that taking the stage at concerts and festivals gives him “a branch to hold onto” thanks to the energy of the audience. He believes that singing his own lyrics on stage and ensuring that people listen to and understand him is the greatest happiness that can be given to an artist. Moreover, IMG, who argues that music is a universal language, states that the listener does not need to understand the lyrics for the listener to understand an artist, and that if the artist sings with feeling, that feeling is already conveyed to the other party.
Future Projects and Productivity
IMG, who is in a very busy period in terms of artistic productivity, has announced that more than 30 single works are already ready. In addition, he completed the recording of a comprehensive 21-song album this year and is waiting for the right time to release this album. This intense production tempo clearly demonstrates IMG’s unwavering commitment to music and his vision.
Advice to New Generation Musicians
IMG gives important advice to young artists who are new to music. He emphasizes that they need to “listen a lot and suppress their excitement.” Therefore, he says that hasty decisions should be avoided and that they should start to “attack” when they feel ready and good. IMG reinforces his educational identity by conveying the importance of experience and preparation to his young colleagues.
IMG’s career will continue to make significant contributions to Turkish music by eliminating the boundaries between genres, with his emotional depth and high productivity.
Mert Yıldırım was born in Rize on November 29, 2001, and spent his youth in this city. His passion for music turned into a professional path in 2017. Since then, Mert Yıldırım, who has been actively producing in the field of pop music, aims to reach a wide audience by turning his own lyrics, music, and compositions into melodies.
Yıldırım states that he realized from his childhood that music is the most important tool for expressing emotions. He says that music accompanied him throughout his growth and life discovery process, and he eventually started this performance journey, feeling that he needed to exist in life with music.
Unique Style and Creation Process
The artist’s musical style has been shaped by his decision to go beyond his geographical origins. Despite being in Rize, he has taken the inspiration he received from local music beyond the regional style, and has followed a completely unique pop music path. He has managed to create a completely authentic identity by staying away from external factors in the process of creating his own style.
The song writing and arrangement process is based on capturing instant emotions. Yıldırım summarizes this internal and spontaneous creation process with the words, “I reach the result by expressing the instant emotions with words and carrying those emotions with me.” He emphasizes that each work has the same and special meaning for him.
His sources of inspiration are to keep alive the memories of the people who entered his life in the past. These personal memories form the basis of his emotionally profound works.
Stage Experience and Team Spirit
Mert Yıldırım places great importance on sincerity and emotion in his stage performances. Believing that the power of the music he produces lies in its lyrics, he prefers to deliver a sentiment-based, simple performance rather than impressive visual spectacles. His stage experiences also influence his musical production; sensing the situations that impress the audience, he takes care to incorporate different and impressive sentences that carry the same meaning into his works.
Teamwork plays a critical role in the success of the artist’s projects. He states that working with a sincere and helpful team in the formation of the project takes this adventure to very good places. He expresses that there is no fundamental difference between solo works and group projects, as the fact that the people he works with are valuable to him is enough to produce beautiful works.
Studio and Future Plans
Mert Yıldırım, who fully focuses on his work in studio sessions, states that a comfortable and sincere working environment increases his productivity.
The biggest contribution of the concerts and festivals he attends to his career is helping him reach a wider audience. Yıldırım, who believes that his music reaches every audience, aims to continue producing regularly and expressing his feelings with this vision.
He advises young musicians and beginners: “No matter what, if you feel you belong on this path, fight for your dreams instead of giving up.”
Mert Yıldırım continues to make significant contributions to Turkish pop music with his unique emotional touch and sincere understanding of production. By following the artist’s journey, you can share his emotional melodies.
Can Karabuya Explains His “Rebellious” Style Fueled by His Roots and His Vision Focused on Continuous Improvement
Can Karabuya, who began his musical journey on the streets of the city, making direct contact with listeners, has managed to attract the attention of the industry after an authentic discovery story. The artist shared in detail with music lovers the process from the beginning of his career to the present, the depths of his artistic production, and his goals for the future. The heart of Karabuya’s artistic expression beats in his solo works; because these works offer an area where the artist reflects his own self and inner world in its purest form.
The Rebellious Voice of Roots and the Turning Point in Kadıköy
Karabuya states that he fueled his passion for music with street performances, emphasizing the influence of the neighborhood where he was born and raised on this style. He states that the energy of that region gave his music “a slightly more rebellious and rule-breaking” character. This natural, authentic energy has been the artist’s most important raw material. The critical breaking point in his career took place with a performance he gave in Kadıköy, the music center of Istanbul, after years of work requiring intense effort. This performance opened an important door that allowed Karabuya to be discovered by a wider audience.
Construction of a Unique Style and Rapid Production Process
Can Karabuya clearly explains the path he followed while creating his musical identity. Although he was initially influenced by artists that everyone admired and chose as idols, he gradually added his own unique melodies and interpretations to this foundation, creating a completely unique style. This quest for originality also extends his artistic production to the studio environment. The artist states that working alone provides him with a great advantage in terms of creativity and productivity, and that he can focus and produce deeper works in this way.
Karabuya, who has an admirable speed in songwriting, states that despite the sudden changes in his mood, he can usually complete the lyrics of a song in a short time like 1-2 hours. The main themes of these works, which reflect the artist’s emotional depth, are Life and Family, which are the most fundamental concepts that touch an individual’s life. One of the remarkable works of this period is his song called “Evet beni kendin mi sandın”, which received great attention from the listeners.
International Vision and Continuous Development-Oriented Career
Can Karabuya’s future vision is far from stagnant and focused on continuous improvement. The artist states that each new work he creates serves as a catalyst, taking him to the next level. This constant desire to learn and progress stems from knowing that his “argument” (breadth of knowledge, skills, and repertoire) is vital as he progresses in his career. Karabuya believes that being well-equipped will give him a great advantage in new stage arrangements and professional collaborations with music companies. In line with this vision, his effort to add English and German lyrics to his works demonstrates the artist’s desire to carry his music not only locally but also to the international arena.
Future Projects and Inspiring Message to Young Musicians
Can Karabuya, who does not slow down in his art career, is preparing to appear before his listeners with a new single study soon. In addition, he announced that he will continue to share his stage energy with his fans by actively participating in many festivals and concerts in the coming period.
Karabuya has a motivating message especially for young talents and everyone who pursues their dreams: “They should follow their dreams. They should not forget that people who strive with determination and do more than their best to achieve it always win.”
Born in Izmir (03.03.1988), musician Tansel Tanşu is a talented guitarist and songwriter representing the “soft and emotional” sound of the Alternative Rock scene. His musical journey, which started in school choirs during his childhood, continued with the electric guitar in high school. Tanşu, who largely defines himself as self-taught, has built a solid identity in the music world with his individual works and numerous group projects. He currently continues his active music life in Batman, on the stage of Minerva Bookstore Cafe.
Musical Identity and Style
Although Tansel Tanşu’s field of production is Alternative Rock, he defines his style as “soft and emotional”. This emotional depth is nourished by a wide range of sources of inspiration such as nature, literature and social issues, which form the basis of his works. The artist presents a completely personal and original narrative to the listener by writing all the lyrics and music of his songs himself.
The names that influenced him musically are Teoman and Mor ve Ötesi, which are milestones of Turkish rock music. He creates his unique sound by blending this interaction with his own emotional and melodic structure.
Versatile Career and Projects
Throughout his career, Tansel Tanşu, who has been involved in various musical disciplines, has been in the line-up of important groups such as MANYETİKBAND, BİZSİZ10LAR, OKAY AYBEY and, most famously, KADANS PROJECT as a guitarist. In addition to his group experiences, Tanşu, who also focuses on his solo works, has released his single titled “ELA”. He worked with his friend Bayram Ekinci from the group Bizsiz10lar during the recording and mixing stages of this work. In addition, the music video for “ELA” was designed by the artist’s close colleague Okay Aybey.
Stage Experience and Listener Connection
Tansel Tanşu, who displays a powerful presence on stage with his electric guitar, has performed at events in different regions of Turkey such as Ege University Spring Festivals, Aydın Ünirock Song Contest Regional Final and İzmir Dikili Eftelya Lounge.
The most important feature that makes the artist different in interacting with the audience is the constant contact and sincere approach he establishes with them. Tanşu emphasizes this special bond by saying, “I am always in contact with the audience, and in every song, there is definitely a verse (part) that I leave to them.” His most unforgettable stage moment in his career was when his 3-year-old daughter came on stage and sang with him.
Vision and Message to Young Musicians
Tansel Tanşu, who leads an active life with his interests such as motorcycles and fitness in areas other than music, the biggest source of motivation in art is the support of his family.
Tanshu, who sets his future goals as major festival stages, is currently working on several new songs that are in the arrangement and planning phase. His message to young musicians is extremely clear and inspiring: “Don’t give up on your dreams.” Tansel Tanşu continues to add value to the alternative rock scene with his passion for music and his constantly evolving vision.
Eclipse started its music journey in 2022 by writing poetry, but at the insistence of his friends, he soon found himself in rap music. Like many young people, he met legends like Ceza and Hidra in this genre, and Eclipse is progressing with the vision of creating his own unique voice.
Dedication to Original Sound and Lyrical Quality
Eclipse’s musical identity aims to combine modern and diverse infrastructures with high lyrical quality. The artist; While skillfully blending genres such as Soul, Trap and Jersey, he focuses on combining powerful flows with deep and meaningful lyrics, contrary to the norm.
As a concrete indication of this approach, he has maintained the same lyrical care in the three different style songs he has released since 2024. In the songwriting process, he usually aims to convey the feeling to the listener in its purest form, starting from his current feelings and the events he has experienced.
Career Beginning and Production Archive
Although he released his first official song in 2024, Eclipse has a huge archive of more than 200 pieces that he has composed since 2022. The artist aims to bring this rich repertoire together with listeners with different infrastructures and styles when the time comes.
For Eclipse, who attributes great value to each piece in his musical journey, the piece “Alışırım Sandım” has a special meaning. This work, in which he enjoyed every stage and contained intense feelings, is one of the important milestones in his career.
Universal Vision and Future Goals
Eclipse is a name that doesn’t limit its music to just Turkey, but acts with a universal vision. It believes that when an original and emotional structure is established, it will be easier for the music to spread to the world.
Upcoming Plans:
To bring both emotionally deep and energetic fresh tracks to the listeners.
To ensure that these songs translate the feelings of the listeners.
Long Term Goals:
To take his relationship with music to a more professional level.
To collaborate (feat) with famous names that he thinks their styles are compatible.
To bring a new dimension to the country’s music with different infrastructures and approaches.
Eclipse’s biggest advice to young musicians is to pursue what they believe in and to strive with determination until they find the best, without paying attention to useless comments.
ST Süleyman Teker, in his music journey that started in 2015, has proven himself as both a talented creator and a sought-after producer. He made a strong start to his musical career by releasing Hiphop/Rap recordings under the umbrella of Dost Music, which he founded with Doğan AK in 2015. Thus, he left his first marks in the music industry.
In the following process, he continuously improved himself by focusing on all the technical aspects of production such as beat making, mixing, and mastering. In this way, until 2021, he focused on both creating his own music and taking his technical production skills to the highest level.
Ku2 Production and Harmony of Styles
The year 2021 marked a new era in ST Süleyman Teker’s musical career as he met Utku Biroğlu. Following this meeting, the artist continued his productions under the umbrella of Ku2 Production. In this period, Teker, who started to prepare his own compositions, created a unique sound that skillfully blends Afro, Reggae, Amapiano, and Hiphop styles.
Furthermore, since ST Süleyman Teker is constantly in search of innovation, he has created a unique identity in the music world with the inspiration he has received from these various music genres. Thus, his career is not only limited to performance but also stands out with his creative producer identity.
ORTVSEHPA Project and Active Production
Continuing his musical development, ST Süleyman Teker launched the ORTVSEHPA project with Utku Biroğlu in 2024. Within the scope of this innovative project, they started producing completely improvised infrastructures. This improvisation ability showcases the artist’s instantaneous creativity and musical diversity.
The artist actively continues to produce both his own compositions and meticulously handle external production (Beat, Mix Mastering) works. This dual production process solidifies his position as both an artist and a sought-after producer in the music industry.
Musical Style and Production Range
ST Süleyman Teker’s music stands out by combining modern Hiphop rhythms with dynamic and melodic structures inspired by Africa and the Caribbean. He reveals a unique style with his own beats, arrangements, and production skills.
Important Projects and Turning Points:
Dost Music (2015 – 2021): The first platform where Hiphop/Rap recordings were published.
Production (2015 – Present): Specializing in Beat, Mix Mastering.
Styles: Original compositions that combine Afro, Reggae, Amapiano, and Hiphop sounds.
ST Süleyman Teker continues to make unique contributions to the Turkish music world with his career, high productivity, and passion for art nourished by different cultures.
