Mercan Dede
- January 4, 2024
- Composer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Mercan Dede |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 8, 1966(1966-03-08) |
| Age | 58 |
| Birthplace | Bursa |
| Country | Turkey |
| Birth City | Bursa Province |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Mercan Dede Biography
| Name | Mercan Dede |
| Birthday | Mar 8 |
| Birth Year | 1966 |
| Place Of Birth | Bursa |
| Home Town | Bursa Province |
| Birth Country | Turkey |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Mercan Dede is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on March 8, 1966 in Bursa, Bursa Province, Turkey. He is known as DJ Arkin Allen and is a Turkish composer/musician who plays the ney and bendir. His ability to mix electronic and traditional Turkish music has made him a household name.
In November 2017, he posted a selfie of himself with musician LudovicoEinaudi.
The Mercan Dede ensemble was founded in 1997, by which time Arkın had been working as a musician for some years. Their first album was Sufi Dreams, released in 1998. This album got a boost when the music was used in a German television documentary on Sufi music.
In 2001 he released his third album, Seyahatname, which means “travelogue” in old Turkish, evoking the era of the great caravanserai crossing Anatolia on the silk road. The sound of the ney goes back to this period, and the music aspires to the spirit of the mystic Sufi poets of that time, such as Mevlana. Dede describes the sound of the ney as “a pure, universal spiritual sound” evoking deep feelings, deeper than we can comprehend in just our short time on earth. The ney “speaks the language of love, instantly comprehensible in the heart, compared to which all the mosques, churches, temples built to decorate (our spirituality) drift away”. The album is Dede’s personal effort to reflect on his own spiritual journey.
He was the son of a working-class family from Bursa, Turkey.
Mercan Dede Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Composer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Mercan Dede is one of the richest Composer from Turkey. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mercan Dede 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He studied photography and journalism at Istanbul University.
Seyahatname is his most famous album.
Mercan Dede (born Arkın Ilıcalı, 1966, Bursa, Turkey), also known as DJ Arkin Allen, is a Turkish composer, ney and bendir player, DJ and producer. He divides his time between Turkey, Europe and North America. He is a world music artist, playing a fusion of traditional acoustic Turkish and other oriental musics with electronic sounds.
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Facts & Trivia
Mercan Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Turkey. Mercan Dede celebrates birthday on March 8 of every year.