Burhan Çaçan

Burhan Çaçan, born October 17, 1960 in Eleşkirt, Ağrı Province, Turkey, was a Turkish singer and actor of Kurdish descent. He began his music career by winning an amateur singing contest organized by the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation in Erzurum in 1978, which led him to relocate to Ankara and subsequently to Istanbul. His debut album, Sefa Geldin, was released in 1981, and his later albums included Mevlüt ve İlahiler (1994), İlahiler 99 (1999), Alınyazım (1999), and his Kurdish-language album, Burhano. His song “Liseli” was broadcast for an extended period on MTV. He also acted in five films, including Makber (1981) and Ağlama (1986). He died January 12, 2023.