He was born in the Han village of Sivas as the third child of Süleyman and Hacıhanım Gültekin. He started playing bağlama at the age of six and dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music. He completed his first album Gün Olaydı (If It Had Been Day) when he was only sixteen years old. In 1989, he demonstrated his mastery of the şelpe technique of bağlama on his second album Gece ile Gündüz Arasında (Between Night and Day). His third album Rüzgarın Kanatları (The Wings of the Wind) was released in 1991. Later that year he married Yeter Gültekin. On July 2, 1993, he went to Sivas to take part in the Pir Sultan Abdal Cultural Festival alongside many other musicians, authors, poets and intellectuals. He died at the age of 21 during the arson attack on the Madimak Hotel where he was staying. His wife gave birth to their son, Roni Hasret Gültekin, three months after his death. Discography: Celal Oglan; 1985|Gün Olaydı (If It Had Been Day); 1987|Gece İle Gündüz arasında (Between night and day); 1989|Hayat (Life); 1989|Rüzgarın Kanatlarında (On the wings of the wind); 1991|Egenin Iki Yakasi (The two shores of the Aegean); 1994|Seçmeler (Selected (works)); 1994 with other artists:|Newroz – Kürtçe ezgiler (Newroz – Kurdish songs) (1990)|Newroz 2|İhsan Güneş – Karayılan (1992)|Newroz 3; 1993|Türküler Yalan Söylemez (songs do not lie)|Bitmeyen Türküler – Dostlar Muhabbeti (Not ending songs – Talk between friends)| |
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