Background
He was born in 1959 in Artvin, Turkey.
He was born in 1959 in Artvin, Turkey.
He worked as a civil servant at a tea factory in Artvin and migrated to Istanbul in 1982. In 1985 his first album "Senator Sözden Anlamaz Mısın?" was released. His later albums helped him building a fan group called as Cengizciler (Fans of Cengiz).
In 2010 Cengiz Kurtoğlu released an album called "Sessizce".