Composer. He was born in
Starting from 1955, he has
composed music for films and plays (theaters) as a professional composer. Sound
track of Aşk-ı
Memnu, and sound tracks of some films
and plays like Yılanların Öcü, Kırık
Hayatlar, Keşanlı Ali Destanı are among his best compositions. In 1976 he
worked at Istanbul Turkish Music State Conservatory as a lecturer and then was
appointed as the principal of Musicology Department, Istanbul Turkish Music
State Conservatory. Between 1997 and 2001 he held office in the position of a
director of conservatory and got retired in 2001.
Starting from 1970, he published
articles about music in various media organs. Since 1976, he tried to publish
Dimitri Kantemiroğlu’s work Kitab-ı İlmi'l-Musıki alâ Vechi'l-Hurufat, which is known as Kantemiroğlu Edvarı in Turkish and in western music notation, and he
finally published it in co-operation with Yapı Kredi Publishing in 2001. He
collected some of his speeches he did in various congress and symposium and his
articles published in various magazines in a book Türk
Musikisinin Mes’eleleri
(1988). He criticized the Arel-Ezgi system in a chapter of that book. Along
with Turkish Folk Music and Classic Turkish Music, he used Classic Western
music, jazz and even light music in his polyphonic compositions.
Tura was
a member of the Performing Community of SACEM (National Musical Compositions
Professional Association), and was the chairman of science board of MESAM (Musical
Work Owners' Society of Turkey). Besides, He worked at TRT as a member of jury
and advisory committee at various times, and he was the director of Turkish
Music at Drafting Committee of Fifth Five Year Development Plan. He won Journalist'
Movie Award with the soundtrack of Zümrüt
in1958, and received the best soundtrack award at Antalya Altın Portakal Film
Festival with the soundtrack of Bir Yudum
Sevgi in 1983. He was given honorary awards at International 20th
International Film Festival for his services to Turkish movie in 2001, and
Lifetime Honorary Award of Screenwriters' Association in 2005, Lifetime
Honorary Award of Antalya Altın Portakal Film
Festival in 2009 and 38th Honorary Award of Istanbul Music Festival
in 2010.
Dans
Süiti (1956), Viyolonsel Konçertosu (1956), Birinci Senfoni (1957-66), Orkestra Süiti (1958), Surname (1959),
Oda Senfonisi, Yaylılar İçin Adagio (1960),
Toccata (1962),
Jazz Süiti (1962), Bir Halk Temi Üzerine Çeşitlemeler (1963),
Keman Konçertosu (1965-72), Enginlerden Yücelerden (1969), Tulum Havası (1972),
Şeyh Galip'e Saygı (1972-75), Yeniden Eski Muhabbetleri Tecdid İdelüm (1976), Üçüncü
Süit (1976), Niyazi-i Mısrî'nin İlahileri (1978),
Şah Murat Süiti (1981), Yaratılış (1987-88).