Seval Eroğlu

Pure Turkish song tradition 
Seval Eroğlu's family hails from Arguvan, a small town with a wealth of musical talent in eastern Turkey. Seval Eroğlu was born in Istanbul in 1984. Music is a strong tradition in Seval's family. She began playing music at a very young age, graduating from the National Conservatory of Istanbul Technical University in 2003. Already during her university studies she became one of the best interpreters of popular songs, her voice and her technique of playing the Bağlama are unique.

In an interview Seval Eroğlu says the following about folk songs:" Pir Sultan Abdals and Yunus Emres passed through this country. Iranian geography is very important for Anatolian geography. Virani, Fuzuli, Kul Himmet, Emrahs from Erzurum passed through these lands. I express their idioms in Turkish. The ghazal recited in Urfa has a great importance for us. Elazig is the same way... The divans sung in Kirkuk, zeybek songs sung in the Aegean and Urfa folk songs are very important for us. Even in our way of life and entertainment, we have small pains. Sometimes we make honey out of pain. We see our lifestyles reflected in traditional songs."