Ankaralı Turgut

Turgut Karataş (11 September 1963 – 15 December 2024), better known as Ankaralı Turgut, was a Turkish singer of Romani descent who was one of the oldest and most popular singers from the "Ankaralı" (English: Ankaran) school of Turkish folk music. Born in Ayaş on 11 September 1963, he started his career in the early 1990s. Karataş died from lung cancer at Ankara Etlik City Hospital, on 15 December 2024, at the age of 61.