Erkan Oğur (b. 1954, Ankara). He invented the first classical fretless guitar, plays his own compositions as well as Turkish traditional music, and also plays kopuz and baglama.
"I'm from East Turkey, from Elaziğ, in the Far East. I was born in Ankara in 1954, but we moved to Elaziğ when I was still a little child...I learned makams listening to older musicians, makams which are especially common around there.