Burak Gürpınar is a Turkish

Turkish people

Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 drummer primarily known for his work with the influential Turkish rock

Anatolian rock

Anatolian rock is a fusion of Turkish folk and rock music. It emerged during the mid-1960s, soon after rock groups such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Status Quo and Omega became popular in Turkey...

 band Kurban.

Gürpınar was born on March 23, 1975 in Istanbul

Istanbul

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Soon after Kurban disbanded in June, 2005, Gürpınar joined Athena

Athena

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, a Turkish ska

Ska

Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

-punk rock

Punk rock

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 band which he collaborated with as an additional artist in previous years. By 2007, his first band, Kurban, decided to reunite, and he goes on with them.

Burak Gürpınar is primarily known for his virtuosity on drums, combined with his energetic and humorous character both on and off stage. He also worked with Teoman in "En Güzel Hikayem" and Şebnem Ferah

Sebnem Ferah

Şebnem Ferah is a Turkish singer and song-writer. She was the head vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she went on to pursue an illustrious solo career...

 in "Artık Kısa Cümleler Kuruyorum", among many other prominent professional musicians in Turkey.

Burak Gürpinar also worked as a graphic designer and designed the album art work for most of Kurban's albums.

External links

• kurban.com
• "Burak Gürpınar" article on tr-wiki