Faruk Türünz Explained

Faruk Türünz (born 28 June 1944 in Adana, Turkey) is a Turkish luthier who specializes in ouds and is considered one of the best oud makers.^[1] His shop is in Istanbul, Turkey.

Having worked as a primary school teacher for 10 years, Türünz started constructing ouds in 1984, after studying with Cafer Açın, head of the Musical Instruments Construction Branch of Istanbul Technical University. Since then, he has devised a method of tuning the oud's soundboard and braces.^{[2] [3] [4]}

British oud player and musicologist Khyam Allami, who writes a blog for BBC Radio 3, described how he fell in love with one of Türünz's instruments: "How a musical instrument can break your heart I don't know but it did, and I was very sad."^[5]

Türünz is considered a master oud-maker, and has people travel from countries such as Palestine to study with him.^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: La Turquie et le monde arabe. El Abdallah. Fadi. 2 December 2009. Turquie News. 4 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828180947/http://www.turquie-news.com/rubriques/international/la-turquie-et-le-monde-arabe,3136.html. 28 August 2016. dead.
2. Web site: Faruk Turunz: An extraordinary luthier . Powell . Edward . 2010 . Edwardpowell.com . 4 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111003123200/http://www.edwardpowell.com/faruk.html . 3 October 2011 .
3. Web site: Temel Ud Kitabı. Ersavaş. Ersin. Ismak. 16–17. 4 September 2011.
4. News: Fabricant de musique . May . Sélim . 2010 . Al-Ahram . 5 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110217000557/http://hebdo.ahram.org.eg/arab/ahram/2010/9/29/visa0.htm . 17 February 2011 .
5. Web site: Yet another Istanbul love story... or two, or three. Allami. Khyam. 18 May 2010. BBC Radio 3. 4 September 2011.
6. Wong. Chuen-Fong. Conflicts, Occupation, and Music-Making in Palestine. Macalester International. 23. 267–284. 4 September 2011.