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Derya was born in 1973 in Istanbul. He graduated from the Turkish State Conservatory of Istanbul, in 1994. By the age of 17, his accomplishment on the kemence brought an invitation to join the Necdet Yasar Ensemble, with whom he performed and toured for eight years.

In 1991, Türkan met Kudsi Ergüner with whom he worked on several projects (Ottomania, Ottoman Drums, La Banda Allaturca, Chemins) and toured throughout the world, including Europe, the United States, Japan, Israel, Tunisia, and Sudan.

In the United states of America, he gave concerts and seminars at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California at Santa Cruz and New England Conservatory.

In 1997, he performed at the Sorbonne for the celebration of Yehudi Menuhin's 80th birthday organized by French President Jacques Chirac.

He is a co-founder of Incesaz.

Eski Nisan / Aged April (1999)