| Tuncay Akdoğan | |
| Birth Date: | 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Adana, Turkey |
| Death Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Instruments: | Bağlama, cura, drums |
| Genre: | Protest, folk |
| Occupation: | Singer, musician |
| Years Active: | 1984–2004 |
Tuncay Akdoğan (1959 – 21 November 2004) was a Turkish musician and record producer. He was a founding member of Grup Yorum and Grup Kızılırmak.
Tuncay Akdoğan was born in 1959 in Adana. He graduated from Marmara University Press and Broadcasting School.[1] Akdoğan, who began making music in during his time as a university student, founded Grup Yorum together with Kemal Sahir Gürel, Metin Kahraman and Ayşegül Yordam in 1985.[2]
In 1989, Akdoğan and İlkay Akkaya left Grup Yorum, and in 1990 together with İlkay Akkaya and İsmail İlknur he founded Grup Kızılırmak.[1]
In 1998, he left Grup Kızılırmak, and two years later founded Grup Serüvenciler with Serdar Şengül, Fırat Başkal, Uğurcan Sezen, Gürsoy Tanç and Remzi Çoban.[1] [3] The band released one album together, Veda, after which it was dissolved.[1]
On 21 November 2004, Akdoğan, who lighted a candle because of the electricity cut off in his house where he lived alone, died at the age of 45 in the fire that broke out in his house as a result of the candle falling on the floor.[1] [4] His body was buried in Kilyos Cemetery after the funeral ceremony held at Okmeydanı Cemevi on 24 November 2004.[5] [6]
Akdoğan had been working on his solo album Bir Nehir ki Ömrüm for a long time in his studio before his death. The album was later completed by his friends and released under the label Seyhan Müzik.[7]