Musa Eroğlu

{{Short description|Musical artist (born 1946)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Musa Eroğlu

| image =Eroğlu.jpg

| genre = Turkish Folk

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1946}}

| birth_place = Göksu, Mut, Turkey

| spouse = Fatma Eroğlu

| instrument = Bağlama

| years_active = 1969–present

| website = [http://www.musaeroglu.com.tr/ www.musaeroglu.com.tr]

}}

Musa Eroğlu (born 1946) is a Turkish folk musician and bağlama virtuoso.{{cite news |title=Musa Eroğlu'nun bağlaması çalındı |url=http://yenisafak.com.tr/Gundem/?i=254823 |work=Yeni Şafak |date=2 March 2012 |accessdate=15 September 2012 }}

He was born in the Mut county district of Mersin.{{cite news |title=Musa Eroğlu'nun Köyü 'Susuz' Kaldı |url=http://www.haberciniz.biz/musa-eroglunun-koyu-susuz-kaldi-973123h.htm |work=Haberciniz |date=11 February 2011 |accessdate=15 September 2012 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.hbvdergisi.gazi.edu.tr/index.php/TKHBVD/article/viewFile/1099/1088 | title = Asrımızın Dede Korkut'u: Musa Eroğlu | author = Emrah Gökçe | publisher = Gazi University | accessdate = 8 November 2016 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195136/http://www.hbvdergisi.gazi.edu.tr/index.php/TKHBVD/article/viewFile/1099/1088 | archivedate = 8 November 2016}} He is a Tahtacı.{{cite book |last1=Gökçe |first1=Emrah |title=ASRIMIZIN DEDE KORKUT'U: MUSA EROĞLU |publisher=Türk Kültürü ve Hacı Bektaş Velî Araştırma Dergisi |edition=51}} He completed his secondary education in Mut. He then started to perform Turkish folk dance and music. In 1965, he participated in Ankara Radio's exam but did not pass. In 1969, he released his first record "İkimiz Toprağa Girelim Elif".{{cite news | url = http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/musa-eroglu-kimdir-mersinde-musa-eroglu-sevgi-parki-acildi-40073931 | title = Musa Eroğlu Sevgi Parkı törenle açıldı | newspaper = Hürriyet | date = 22 March 2016 | accessdate = 8 November 2016 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160811150204/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/musa-eroglu-kimdir-mersinde-musa-eroglu-sevgi-parki-acildi-40073931 | archivedate = 11 August 2016}}

Together with his wife whom he married in 1966, they have two daughters and one son.{{cite news | url = http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/mutlu-son-9417886 | title = Mutlu son | newspaper = Hürriyet | date = 13 July 2008 | accessdate = 8 November 2016 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195232/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/mutlu-son-9417886 | archivedate = 8 November 2016}}