Bilal Göregen
Born (1988-09-04) 4 September 1988[1]
Dörtyol, Hatay Province, Turkey
OccupationStreet musician
Years active2008–present
Musical career
Instrument(s)Goblet drum/ Darbuka/ Doumbek

Bilal Göregen (born 4 September 1988) is a Turkish street musician and drummer. He is blind[2] and has become famous via his rendition of Ievan polkka, wherein a Twitter user superimposed a cat bobbing its head on his video.[3] YouTube has shared his performing video on Instagram.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Life and career

Born and raised in Hatay, Turkey. Bilal Göregen has performed in O Ses Türkiye. He earned fame by Sevdiğim kız bana abi deyince. He had a video with the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu.[10] He is from Bitlis.[11]

References

  1. "Bilal Göregen kimdir?". Kahraman TV. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  2. "Watch: The Kiffness' collab with a Turkish street drummer goes viral [video]". The South African. 13 January 2021.
  3. "Watch: 'Cat vibing' Turkish musician is back with rendition of 2000s hit song 'Kaliyon Ka Chaman'". Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. "YouTube, Instagram'da Bilal Göregen'in videosunu paylaştı". CNN Türk. 4 December 2020.
  5. "Zileli Öğrenciler Bilal Göregen ile Stres Attı". Haberler.com. 21 March 2013.
  6. "Bilal Göregen'den Ehlisünnet TV'ye özel doğaçlama". odatv.
  7. "Bilal Göregen: İmamoğlu ile video çektiğim için tepki aldım". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr. August 2021.
  8. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Bilal Göregen: Trump'ı, Biden'ı oynattılar, beni bile oynatıyor bu şarkı | DW | 09.01.2021" via www.dw.com.
  9. "Visually-impaired Turkish musician in 'cat vibing to Ievan Polka' video wants to play for US president-elect - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. 9 December 2020.
  10. Bilal Göregen & Ekrem İmamoğlu
  11. "Bilal Göregen kimdir? İşte Bilal Göregen hakkında merak edilenler". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 7 December 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2021.


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