Yavuz Bingöl is in the folk realm of Turkish music and is also an actor.
Background
Bingöl was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1964 to teacher Yılmaz Bingöl and folk singer Senem Akkaş (better known with her stage name Şahsenem Bacı), both hailing from Sarıkamış district. Bingöl enrolled at the Ankara State Conservatory in 1977 under influence from his mother but following his parents" divorce, he left the Conservatory in 1979 and moved to İzmir where his mother settled and started to work in menial jobs to support his family.
Career
He could return to music only by 1983 and founded with his friend Nihat Aydın the protest music band Atmacalar in 1989. The band changed its name to Umuda Ezgi in 1991. Bingöl left the band in 1995 and released his first solo album Senator Türkülerini Söyle the same year.
Bingöl was in several miniseries on Turkish television, including Bayanlar Baylar, Ah Be İstanbul and Yanık Koza.
He also did the romance series Zerda and the sitcom Eşref Saati. Bingöl"s another film, released into English, He"s in the Army Now was nominated for best Turkish film at the Istanbul International Film Festival.