Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi (1778-1846) was a composer of Turkish classical music. He was born on 9 January 1778, in Istanbul, Şehzadebaşı. He started studying music with Mehmed Emin Efendi, at the age of eight. 

Fazil Say (born 1970), son of Ahmet Say, is a Turkish pianist and composer.Born in Ankara, Turkey, Fazıl Say studied piano and composition at the Ankara State Conservatory. At the age of seventeen, he was awarded a scholarship that enabled him to study for five years with David Levine at the Robert Schumann Institute in Düsseldorf. From 1992 to 1995, he continued his studies at the Berlin Conservatory. In 1994, he was the winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, which gave a rapid start to his international career.

Kudsi Erguner, (born 1952) is a Turkish musician. He is considered a master of traditional Mevlevi Sufi and is one of the best-known players of the Turkish ney flute.

Nazan Oncel (born February 6, 1956) is one of Turkey's most successful and famous pop music singers/songwriters. She writes her own songs, does the arrangements for most of them and has also written songs for many famous singers such as Tarkan and Ibrahim Tatlises.

Burak Kut (born August 27, 1973 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish pop singer.As a child, Burak attended Muzige Capa and played in the orchestra for many years. He continued playing in an orchestra until he entered high school at Istanbul Anadolu Güzel Sanatlar Lisesi, where he began to play flute and piano. 

Mehmet Ruhi Su (born 1912 - died September 20, 1985) was a Turkish folk singer and saz virtuoso.

Munir Nurettin Selcuk (1900 – April 27, 1981) was a Turkish classical musician and tenor singer. He was one of the most revered names in Turkish Music.

Tanburi Buyuk Osman Bey (1816–1885) was an Ottoman composer and Tanbur player. He is considered one of the most outstanding peşrev compositors in Ottoman classical music.

Mogollar (meaning Mongols in Turkish) is one of the pioneer bands in Turkish rock music for about 30 years and one of the founders of Turkish ethno rock music (or Anatolian rock music). The major goal of the band is to prove that folk music has a multi-layered soul and folk music's dynamism is very close to pop music's dynamism.

Serdar Ortac (born 16 February 1970) is one of the leading singers of the pop folk since 1990s. He is from Crimean Tatar origin.