Fuat Saka

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Fuat Saka (born 1952 in Trabzon, Turkey), is a Turkish singer, songwriter, arranger, guitarist (although he may be more precisely called a multi-instrumentalist), who defines his music as "jazz in Laz". Saka is of Laz descent.

Saka received art training in İstanbul, and later music training in France and Germany. He had to leave Turkey in 1980, after the coup for political reasons. He lived in Europe up until 1998, travelling and collaborating with numerous musicians. Saka still divides most of his time between İstanbul, Hamburg and Paris; and tours several countries with his Fuat Saka International Group consisting of German, American, Georgian and Azerbaijani musicians.

[edit] Discography

• 1982 Yıkılır Zulmün Son Kaleleri
• 1983 Ayrılık Türküsü
• 1984 Kerem Gibi
• 1987 Sevdalı Türküler (Poems of Nazım Hikmet)
• 1988 Nebengleis (Kenardaki Ray)
• 1989 Askaros
• 1991 Semahlar ve Deyişler
• 1993 Şiirce
• 1994 Torik Baliklar Ülkesinde
• 1996 Arhavili İsmail
• 1997 Lazutlar
• 1998 Sen
• 2000 Lazutlar II
• 2001 Perçem Perçem
• 2002 Lazutlar III