| Bahadır Akkuzu | |
| Birth Name: | Mehmet Bahadır Akkuzu |
| Birth Date: | 3 February 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Death Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Occupation: | Singer, musician, vocalist |
| Yearsactive: | 1970–2009 |
Bahadır Akkuzu (February 3, 1955 – August 6, 2009) was a Turkish singer and musician who was a self-taught guitarist and vocalist.
Akkuzu began playing shows at the age of 15 and at the age of 17 joined a rock and roll group called "4 Adam". This was followed by a stint in "The Signal" and then a long career as a member of the Turkish/Anatolian psychedelic-progressive rock band Kurtalan Ekspres, which he joined in 1978. He was a contemporary of and worked with the famous Turkish musicians Cem Karaca, Erkin Koray, and Edip Akbayram. His band-mate and friend Barış Manço died in 1999 at the age 56. Akkuzu took over singing duties for the band after his friend died.[1]
He was generally considered an experimental rock musician who cited many western influences, among which were classic rock bands such as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Bad Company, Humble Pie, Genesis, Ten Years After, and Rush.
Akkuzu died of a heart attack on August 6, 2009, and was interred at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.
With Kurtalan Ekspres