Müzik Köyü

About Us

Türkiye's First "Music Village"

Imagine a village, surrounded by nature, full of musical notes echoing with the sounds of birds. Some people play the saz, others sing folk songs. Sometimes the lessons take place on the shore of the sea, sometimes under the shade of a tree. For this reason, the Music Village is the product of an idea based on the organic connection between music and nature, believing that real music can be produced by living in touch with nature.

As the Music Village team, we aim to go to the villages and mountains in different regions of our country and bring our music to the surface.

We organize gatherings where we remember the music of nature, the nature in music and the harmony of all of us in music together. We reached many masters during our previous field researches.

When we listened to their instruments and words, we thought that everyone should benefit from the experience of these masters and we set out with this desire. In our music village, we aim to build a different life based on the philosophy and lifestyle of music, not just music.

Music Village Team

Aytaç GÖKDAĞ

Project Coordinator

Mehmet Günay ESER

General Art Director

Hêlîn N. YILDIRIM

International Relations Coordinator

Dilşad GÜNGÖR

Events Coordinator

Eda FİLİZ

Visual Design Coordinator

Bilal Tahsin ALKAN

Digital Content Coordinator

Aytaç GÖKDAĞ

Project Coordinator

He was born in 1979 in İzmir. After studying Cukurova University - Faculty of Educational Sciences he worked in the teaching field. Adding a new dimension to his musical adventure which he admires, between 2010-2011 he managed Senem Diyici and Alain Blessing's projects who are important jazz musicians living in France.

Besides, during the same time, he moved to Fethiye aiming to observe the cultural and musical characteristics of the South-west Anatolia in its original place.

He made recordings of local musicians in more than 40 villages. He went to Greece in 2010 and lived there until 2013. He actively participated in WOMEX which took place in Greece in 2012. At the same time, he participated Body Music Percussion which took place in Istanbul within an authentic project. While he still works with more than 30 musicians, bands and projects, he also continues teaching, moreover he continues organizing one of his dream-projects, namely, Müzik Köyü.

Mehmet Günay ESER

General Art Director

Mehmet Günay ESER was born in 1992, in Mersin, Tarsus. He graduated from Mersin Nevit Kodallı Anatolian Fine Arts High School ranking second at the school. Eser who graduated from Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University Music Deparment in 2015, made some surveys on music in different regions of Anatolia, principally in Çukurova. He completed surveys on musical elements on the context of sociology. He got degrees from different competitions on “solo bağlama playing”. He made presentations on the technics of bağlama in different universities.

Mehmet Günay who has an extensive interest in harmonics has many compositions including the three-string, bağlama, piano, violin, four violins and orchestra. He is doing researches on Hayri Dev’s and Ramazan Güngör’s three-string technics and he is writing two books.

He is one of the founders of AKAD (Anatolian Cultures Research Foundation) and coordinators of Music Village and doing researches on Anatolian Traditional Music in different regions and villages, especially nearby Toros Mountains.

Hêlîn N. YILDIRIM

International Relations Coordinator

Hêlîn N. Yıldırım was born in Ardahan in 2000 and graduated from Nişantaşı Nuri Akın Anatolian High School in 2018. She is currently studying Mathematics Education at Boğaziçi University. She has participated in educational equality projects and volunteered to teach disadvantaged groups through the Boğaziçi Education and Research Club and has continued to teach and gain teaching experience in various institutions.

She also participated in the percussion branch of the Boğaziçi University Folklore Club and has since continued to be active in music.

Dilşad GÜNGÖR

Events Coordinator

Dilşad GÜNGÖR, born in Konya in 1978, completed her high school education in Antalya. She earned her associate degree from the Social Anthropology department of Istanbul University's Literature Faculty and graduated from the Ege University's State Turkish Music Conservatory.

Then, she completed her master's degree in Music Teaching at Ege University's Social Sciences Institute, and has became a teacher at Aydın Doğan Fine Arts High School where she still teaches polyphonic choir and singing. Besides, she is a body percussion instructor, and has conducted many polyphonic choirs, with works performed at international festivals.

Eda FİLİZ

Visual Design Coordinator

Eda Filiz was born in Çanakkale, Turkey, in 1993. She earned her undergraduate degree in Radio, Cinema, and Television from Istanbul University. During her first year of university, she began working in the TV industry as a director's assistant and production assistant for TRT Documentary and TRT Children's channels.

She was involved in Erasmus cultural projects and served as executive producer for a 26-episode travel documentary program titled "In the Footsteps of the Ottomans in the Balkans" on İZ TV. She completed her master's degree in Musicology at Istanbul Technical University, focusing on Balkan music and Audiovisual Ethnomusicology.

She also contributed to the global mass documentary, Life in a Day, executive produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Oscar winner Kevin Mcdonald. She attended the Sundance Film Festival in 2022 and participated in the Erasmus student exchange program at Ljubljana University. Currently, she runs her own social media company, providing consultancy services to musicians and art communities. She also shares content on Balkan music, culture, and travel experiences. Filiz is proficient in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and English, and knows elementary in Slovenian.

Bilal Tahsin ALKAN

Digital Content Coordinator

Born in 1984 in Nazilli, he completed his primary, secondary and high school education here. In 2006 and 2019, he completed his university education. Since 2005, he has been continuing his professional life in digital human resources and web technologies.

He tries to combine his technology curiosity with music, while dreaming of a sustainable future as an agricultural entrepreneur.