Kayahan Açar

Turkish pop great Kayahan dies at 66

Published by Hurriyet on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 14:29

One of the best-selling musicians in Turkey, pop singer, songwriter and composer Kayahan Açar, who became famous as Kayahan, has died of cancer aged 66.

He was diagnosed with soft tissue cancer in 1990, for which he had been receiving long-term treatment. Though he was able to recover multiple times, he relapsed in 2005 and 2014.