Ferman Akgül

Ferman Akgül
Background information
Birth name Ibrahim Ferman Akgül
Born 25 December 1979
Genres Alternative rock, rap rock, nu metal
Occupation(s) Vocalist, songwriter, musician, director, architect
Instruments Vocals, turntables, guitar, piano
Years active 2001 – present
Labels Sony Music/GRGDN
Associated acts Manga
Website maNga Official Website

Ferman Akgül (born 25 December 1979; Ankara) is a Turkish songwriter and the singer of the rock band maNga. He writes both lyrics and music.

Biography and career

İbrahim Ferman Akgül was born on 25 December 1979 in Ankara, Turkey, and was introduced to music at the age of 9 or 10 with a simple piano. He later entered the music circuit in 1998, when he was studying at Gazi University Architecture Faculty. Initially in the hardcore group "Virgin Pulp" using a turntable, Ferman later became the vocalist in the group, before moving onto "Colik". He later started working with Özgür Can Öney in the group "70lik." After a long time with "70lik", he entered the group "Seven" where Cem Bahtiyar was the bass guitarist. He took a sabbatical later, before entering maNga in 2001 as per the invitation by Özgür. He has since graduated from Gazi University Architecture department and is currently doing a masters in the Marmara University Cinema department.[1]

Awards

Co-written songs

External links

References

  1. ↑ Ferman Akgül
  2. ↑ tr:Kral TV Video Müzik Ödülleri En iyi grup ödülü
Preceded by
Hadise
with Düm Tek Tek		 Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
2010
(as par of maNga) 		Succeeded by
Yüksek Sadakat
with Live It Up