Fuat Güner
Fuat Güner, born Aziz Fuat Güner on April 1, 1948, in Istanbul, Turkey, is a Turkish musician best known as a member of the famous band MFÖ. He comes from a family with a photographer father, Sami Güner, and has partial Albanian roots. In school he was very active in sports and even became Turkey’s collegiate champion in the 400 meters. He studied civil engineering at the State Architectural Academy in Istanbul and worked as an engineer for three years at the State Highway Authority and two years at STFA Group, but he chose to make music his career in 1979 after earning the equivalent of his yearly wages for a single jingle.
Fuat started playing guitar in childhood after his uncle gave him an acoustic guitar. He met Mazhar Alanson in 1966, and they formed the band Kaygısızlar (The Carefree). Özkan Uğur joined the group in 1972, and the band became MFÖ (the initials of Mazhar, Fuat, and Özkan). He was also a founding member of Kurtalan Ekspres, Barış Manço’s band. MFÖ worked with Turkey’s popular singer Ajda Pekkan, writing songs and performing in concerts.
In 1984 MFÖ released Ele Güne Karşı Yapayalnız, which became a No. 1 hit and stayed at the top for 26 weeks. In 1989 Fuat and his friend Turgut Berkes built Turkey’s first A-class recording studio, called FT. In 1998 he teamed up with Dağhan Baydur and Erdal Kızılçay to perform Beatles Alaturca, a Beatles revival using Turkish instruments, at the Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center; they did the same piece at the 1999 Beatles Festival in Liverpool.
Fuat Güner has composed film scores and has acted on stage and in at least one movie.
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