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Bilge Özgen (born in Viranşehir, Turkey in 1935) is a Turkish composer and lyricist.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Özgen graduated from in 1959. He received his first music instruction from his father Sabri Özgen, an amateur musician. Özgen met and while he was a student in Ankara, a period which he calls his "second period in music". He worked as an instrument builder for a while, and retired in 2000 from his job as a lute performer at . Özgen was encouraged as a composer by , Niyazi Sayın, and . A composer of memorable works, Özgen has produced more than 300 pieces.
