Suna Kan, born on October 21, 1936 in Adana, Turkey is a Turkish violinist of classical music.She started playing the violin at the age of five and gave her first public concerts when she was only nine years old, performing Mozart's A major and Viotti's A minor violin concertos. 

Onno Tunc was a leading Turkish-Armenian musician, working mainly as a composer and an arranger. Tunç also played bass guitar and occasionally double bass, contributing to the albums of several musicians.

Melih Kibar (1951 – 2005) was one of the best Turkish composers of pop music.Born in Istanbul, he graduated from the German High School Istanbul and studied chemical engineering at Bosphorus University. He had a Master's degree from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Erkin Koray (born June 24, 1941), has been in the Turkish rock music scene since the late 1950s or early 1960s. He is widely acclaimed as being the first person to ever play rock and roll in Turkey; in 1957, he and his band gained notoriety by playing covers of Elvis Presley and Fats Domino. He was also one of the first Turkish musicians to embrace the electric guitar and modern amplification.

Sibel Can (born August 1, 1970) is a popular Turkish pop folk singer. In recent years she has also become popular in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Trinidad and Tobago, Armenia ,Russia , Syria and Iran.

Neyzen Tevfik (March 24, 1879 – January 28, 1953) was a Turkish poet, satirist, and ney player (which is what Neyzen means in Turkish). He was born in Bodrum on March 24, 1879, and died in Istanbul on January 28, 1953. His name is occasionally cited incorrectly as Neyzen Teyfik.

Tunc Basaran (born in 1938) is a Turkish screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor.