Erkin Koray (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈeɾcin ˈkoɾaɪ̯], born June 24, 1941) is a Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist and one of the pioneers of Anatolian rock.

He has been in the Turkish rock music scene since the late 1950s or early 1960s. He is widely acclaimed as being the first person to ever play rock and roll in Turkey; in 1957, he and his band gained fame by playing covers of Elvis Presley and Fats Domino. He was also one of the first Turkish musicians to embrace the electric guitar and modern amplification.

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