Gökhan Abur
Band:Kargalar Kafeste
Genres:Pop
Born:01/01/1943
Died:09/15/2023
From: Afyon, Turkey
Musician Speciality:Singer/Meteorologist
Biography:
Gökhan Abur or by his stage name Gökhan (1943 – 15 September 2023) was a Turkish musician and meteorologist. He came 8th in the Turkish qualifiers of the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with his song entry titled “Bir Gün Karşılaşırsak”.
Abur was born in Afyon to a family of civil servants, Abur’s father was from İzmir and his mother was from İstanbul. Due to his father’s job as an officer, he lived in many parts of Turkey. He started primary school in Ankara and continued his primary school education life in Elazığ. When his father resigned from his job as an officer, his family moved to İstanbul, where he finished primary school. When Obur started his secondary school education, his family moved to Karabük upon his father returning to civil service. He finished his middle and high school education there.[1]
He graduated from the İstanbul Technical University’s Department of Meteorological Engineering. For many years, he worked at the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI) Meteorology Department. He retired from his position as Meteorological Engineer at Kandilli Observatory in 2003.[2][3]
Abur was interested in the sea and maritime. He gave out meteorology and weather forecasting lessons at Atlantis Yachting. He also produced a radio program called “Açık Deniz” on Açık Radyo from 2000 to 2002.
He was the father of 3 children, two of whom are twins.
Musical life
During his high school years in Karabük, he founded an orchestra and started his musical life. He won the Meteorology Engineering Graduate Program at İstanbul Technical University and moved to İstanbul.[2]
Abuz came fourth in the “Altın Ses Yarışması” organised by Egemen Bostancı and published by Hafta Sonu Newspaper in 1967. After his success in the contest, with the contributions of Fikret Şeneş, he started to work on records. Obuz has a total of 13 singles (45rpm) and an album titled “Bir Gün Karşılaşırsak” (If We Meet One Day). He was also a singer in the music band “Kargalar Kafeste”.[4][5]
He participated in the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Republic with Deniz Arcak, Asu Maralman and a team from the State Opera Ballet in Mersin and Tarsus at the Mersin Opera House.[3]
Abur participated in the 2011 revival of “The Rat Pack” held at Istanbul Grand Hyatt alongside Recep Aktuğ and İpek Dinç.[6][7]