Bilal Göregen

Bilal Göregen
Born (1988-09-04) 4 September 1988 (age 35)[1]
Dörtyol, Hatay Province, Turkey
OccupationStreet musician
Years active2008–present
Musical career
Instrument(s)Goblet drum/ Darbuka/ Doumbek

Bilal Göregen (born 4 September 1988) is a Turkish street musician and drummer. He is blind[2] and has become famous via his rendition of Ievan polkka, wherein a Twitter user superimposed a cat bobbing its head on his video.[3] YouTube has shared his performing video on Instagram.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Life and career

Born and raised in Hatay, Turkey. Bilal Göregen has performed in O Ses Türkiye. He earned fame by Sevdiğim kız bana abi deyince. He had a video with the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu.[10] He is from Bitlis.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Bilal Göregen kimdir?". Kahraman TV. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Watch: The Kiffness' collab with a Turkish street drummer goes viral [video]". The South African. 13 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Watch: 'Cat vibing' Turkish musician is back with rendition of 2000s hit song 'Kaliyon Ka Chaman'". Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. ^ "YouTube, Instagram'da Bilal Göregen'in videosunu paylaştı". CNN Türk. 4 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Zileli Öğrenciler Bilal Göregen ile Stres Attı". Haberler.com. 21 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Bilal Göregen'den Ehlisünnet TV'ye özel doğaçlama". odatv.
  7. ^ "Bilal Göregen: İmamoğlu ile video çektiğim için tepki aldım". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr. August 2021.
  8. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Bilal Göregen: Trump'ı, Biden'ı oynattılar, beni bile oynatıyor bu şarkı | DW | 09.01.2021" – via www.dw.com.
  9. ^ "Visually-impaired Turkish musician in 'cat vibing to Ievan Polka' video wants to play for US president-elect - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. 9 December 2020.
  10. ^ Bilal Göregen & Ekrem İmamoğlu
  11. ^ "Bilal Göregen kimdir? İşte Bilal Göregen hakkında merak edilenler". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 7 December 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2021.