Artist Info: Ilkay Akkaya

İlkay Akkaya (born 26 May 1964 in Istanbul) is an Alevi singer and member of the Turkish music group Grup Kızılırmak.

Akkaya began the first step of her music career when she became a member of the music group Grup Yorum in 1987. In 1988, she left Grup Yorum together with Tuncay Akdoğan. On 10 January 1990, she founded the group Kızılırmak together with Tuncay Akdoğan and İsmail İlknur.

During her time with Kızılırmak, Akkaya also worked on her solo career. [read more...]