Timur Selçuk, born on July 2, 1946, in Istanbul, was a Turkish composer, pianist, singer, and conductor. He began playing piano at age five and gave his first concert at seven. Selçuk completed his high school education at Galatasaray High School and Istanbul Municipal Conservatory before studying composition and conducting at the École Normale de Musique de Paris. His career took off with the release of "Panayır Günü - Yaralı Ceylan" in 1973, followed by albums such as İspanyol Meyhanesi (1974) and Dünden Bugüne (1982). Selçuk was a pioneer of political songs in Turkey. He participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twice: conducting "Seninle Bir Dakika" in 1975 and composing, arranging, and conducting "Bana Bana" in 1989, which was performed by Pan, which included his daughter Hazal Selçuk. Selçuk taught voice, music theory, and piano for 40 years at the Center for Contemporary Music in Istanbul. He died on November 6, 2020.
