Olcay Bayir

Thanks to the innovative sound of artists like BaBa ZuLa, Gaye Su Akyol or Altin Gün, Turkish music is the new hype in world music. Olcay Bayir, hailing from Gaziantep in the Anatolian part of Turkey, never sounds as rebellious and idiosyncratic as previous examples, yet in her music she unites elements from Kurdish and Turkish folklore with influences from Western genres.