BIOGRAPHY

Gül Emekci was born as a daughter of a teacher family in Usak (1975). Completing primary and secondary school in Burdur she enrolled in Conservatory of Ege University in Izmir (1992). She began to work in TRT (Turkish Radio Television Corporation) as a THM (Turkish Folk Music) singer (1995). After her graduate she was appointed as a music teacher in İzmir (1997).

She sometimes participate in association concerts and she performs her works about THM (Turkish Folk Music) in Izmir.

Teke and Ege localities effected her performance on folk song. She cares the local dialect and also makes you feel the manner of a modern performance. She performs folk songs very well, taking precedence Ege and Teke localities’ folk songs and in addition Middle and East Anatolian folk songs.

Gül Emekci is mostly interested in compiled folk songs: “Compiled folk songs are the sounds of actual happiness and sorrow which have special harmonic structures peculiar to the locality.”

Her first album "Sakli Turkuler" took place in music markets consisting of Ege and Teke localities’ folk songs (2004). Sakli turkuler involved zeybek forms.

Later Gul Emekci is interested in Greek traditional music. Turks and Greeks music is similar aspects. She decided sing a song with greek in new album which name is MUNUSE (2008). Therefore She sang a song which name is Munuse. Munuse is a Turkish anonym song originated Cyprus.