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 web site (www.GulEmekci.com) established (2001) and thousands of visitors listened her records of folk songs. Being supported by her friends and by the messages from the site visitors -even visitors abroad- she decided to produce an album (2002). Finally her album "Sakli Turkuler" took place in music markets consisting of Ege and Teke localities’ folk songs (2004).

Gul EMEKCI MP3, Some Traditional Turkish Music, which are old records, not album's songs (Mp3) :

Yagmur Yagar ( Zeybec Music-special instrument is BAGLAMA), Goca Cam ( Teke Music-special instrument is SIPSI from Burdur), Kar Yagar Kar Ustune ( Eastern Anatolian Music-special instruments are DAVUL and ZURNA), Bir Seher Vaktinde (Erzincan)

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