Fuat Saka

Fuat Saka — Biography

Fuat Saka (born 1952) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer and arranger who plays guitar and, more accurately, a range of instruments. His birthplace is disputed: some records give Trabzon, while others say Kasımpaşa in Istanbul. The weight of sources favours Trabzon. He was educated at Istanbul High School.

His music joins Black Sea and Laz tradition to Western forms — he is known in Germany as a Laz-Turkish artist, while in Turkey his sound is described as original Anatolian folk-rock. He has also written for the screen: his composer and music-department credits include Where's Firuze? (2004), Americans at the Black Sea (2007) and 7 Husbands for Hurmuz (2009).

In 2023 he set the centenary anthem of the Turkish Republic with the poet Haydar Ergülen. His large-scale recent work, billed as the world's first migration symphony, "Göç Senfonisi: Karanlık Sular", was performed in Germany in November 2025 and in Bodrum and Datça in July 2026.