Career
He started his musician career in the Şerif Yüzbaşıoğlu Orchestra as a bass guitarist. In 1971, Özkan joined Mazhar Alanson and Fuat Güner in the duo "Kaygısızlar" ("The Unworrieds") The band was dissolved in 1972. Between 1972 and 1975, Özkan played Anatolian rock music with Barış Manço in his band "Kurtalan Ekspresi", in "TER" of Erkin Koray, "Dostlar" of Edip Akbayram, "Kardaşlar" of Seyhan Karabay and "Dadaşlar" of Ersen.
In 1976, he left Anatolian rock music genre and joined the quintet "İpucu" led by the MFÖ trio.
Özkan formed in 1978 the band "Grup Karma" with Galip Boransu and Cengiz Teoman. He is now playing in the group MFÖ.
He released "Aynada" ("In The Mirror" in Turkish) single from DMC in 2016. Currently he is judge in most viewed Tv Show of Turkey O Ses Türkiye ( Turkish version of The Voice).