Erdoğan Emir

Erdoğan Emir — Biography

Erdoğan Emir is a musician who sings most of his work in Zazaki and who, after working in bands, went on to make albums under his own name. His solo work centers on the 2010 album Sad (Tanık) and the 2016 album Beref (Son Toprak); in 2022 he returned with the album Bavok and two singles.

He began his musical path with groups such as Grup Eylül Yağmurları, Grup Gölge, Grup Sürgün, Grup Yel and Grup Munzur, and then carried on making music alone. For most of the twelve tracks on his first album, Sad (Tanık), released by Kom Müzik, he wrote both words and music; the record also includes words by Hıdır Ağırdağ, anonymous and traditional pieces and an instrumental, Rem, which he composed to a poem by Alişan Önlü. Released by Kalan Müzik in 2016, Beref (Son Toprak) sets his own compositions beside Eşrefoğlu Al Haberi, a setting of words by Kul Hüseyin with music co-written with Firik Dede, Aşık Veysel's Sen Varsın Orda, the traditional Şeriban and Hale İşsever's Dağları Güzel.

He sang Gel Bana, a song on Hakan Vreskala's album Duyuyor musun, together with him. In May 2022 he released the album Bavok; in December 2022 he put out a joint single with Manuş Baba and a single titled Ey Benim Divane Gönlüm.