Özkan Uğur

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Özkan Uğur
Background information
Born	(1953-10-17) October 17, 1953 (age 67) Istanbul, Turkey
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Musician, film actor
Instruments	Bass guitar
Years active	1971–present
Associated acts	MFÖ

Raif Özkan Uğur (born October 17, 1953) is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor.

He was born as the 5th child of his family. He graduated Reşat Nuri Güntekin Primary School where he met and started playing mandolin. Afterwards, while he was studying in Fenerbahçe High School, he formed a band called Atomikler and covered popular songs of the time.

He started his career as a musician in the Şerif Yüzbaşıoğlu Orchestra as a bass guitarist. In 1971, Özkan joined Mazhar Alanson and Fuat Güner in the duo "Kaygısızlar" ("The Unworrieds") The band was dissolved in 1972. Between 1972 and 1975, Özkan played Anatolian rock music with Barış Manço in his band Kurtalan Ekspres, in "TER" of Erkin Koray, "Dostlar" of Edip Akbayram, "Kardaşlar" of Seyhan Karabay and "Dadaşlar" of Ersen. In 1976, he left Anatolian rock music genre and joined the quintet "İpucu" led by the MFÖ trio. Özkan formed in 1978 the band "Grup Karma" with Galip Boransu and Cengiz Teoman. He is now playing in the group MFÖ (the three letters stand for the names of the three members: Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner, Özkan Uğur).^[1] While playing the bass guitar in MFÖ, he performs incredibly difficult vocals with his tenor timbre. He released "Aynada" ("In The Mirror" in Turkish) single from DMC in 2016.

He was also a judge in O Ses Türkiye (Turkish version of The Voice).

Discography[]

Özkan Uğur (far left) at MFÖ concert in 2012

Barış Manço & Kurtalan Ekspres[]

• 1972: Ölüm Allah'ın Emri / Gamzedeyim Deva Bulmam
• 1973: Gönül Dağı / Hey Koca Topçu
• 1973: Nazar Eyle / Gülme Ha Gülme

Erkin Koray & Ter[]

• 1972: Hor Görme Garibi / Züleyha

Mazhar-Fuat[]

• 1974: Türküz Türkü Çağırırız (LP)

& Dostlar[]

• 1974: Garip / Kaşların Karasına

Ersen & Dadaşlar[]

• 1975: Dostlar Merhaba / Ne Sevdiğin Belli Ne Sevmediğin
• 1975: Gafil Gezme Şaşkın / Güzele Bak Güzele
• 1976: Ekmek Parası / Zalim

Selda & Dadaşlar[]

• 1976: Türkülerimiz (LP)

Seyhan Karabay & Kardaşlar[]

• 1976: Kan Davası / Dam Üstünde Çul Serer

İpucu Beşlisi[]

• 1976: Heyecanlı / Hop Otur Hop Kalk

Grup Karma[]

• 1978: İmkansız / Mutlu Mu Gülenler

MFÖ[]

Filmography[]

Movies[]

• Arkadaşım Şeytan, 1988
• Eşkıya, 1996
• Komser Şekspir, 2000
• G.O.R.A., 2004
• Kısık Ateşte 15 Dakika, 2006
• A.R.O.G, 2009
• Yahşi Batı, 2010
• Pek Yakında, 2014
• Arif V 216, 2018
• Karakomik Filmler, 2019
• Karakomik Filmler 2, 2020

TV series[]

• İkinci Bahar, 1999
• Yeter Anne, 2002
• Alacakaranlık, 2003
• İstanbul Şahidimdir, 2004
• Cennet Mahallesi, 2004 (Show TV)
• Sıkı Dostlar, 2009 (Türkmax - Fox TV)
• Türk Malı, 2010 (Show TV)
• Şubat, 2012-2013 (TRT 1)
• Poyraz Karayel, 2015-2016 (Kanal D)
• Jet Sosyete, 2019 (episode 40)

Film score[]

• Arkadaşım Şeytan, 1988
• G.O.R.A, 2004

References[]

• Biyografi.info - Özkan Uğur (in Turkish)

External links[]

• Biography (in Turkish)
• Sinematürk (in Turkish)
• Cennet Mahallesi

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