"New news from intubated Edip Akbayram."

Famous artist Edip Akbayram was hospitalized after a unfortunate accident at home where he fell.

HE WAS INTUBATED

Akbayram, who was transferred to the hospital with suspected internal bleeding, received first aid at the scene by the medical team. The 75-year-old artist was then taken to Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, where he was placed in the intensive care unit and intubated.

HE UNDERWENT SURGERY

Akbayram underwent surgery last week, which lasted approximately 1 hour. After the successful surgery, the artist was again placed in the intensive care unit.

ANOTHER SURGERY WILL BE PERFORMED

Edip Akbayram, who is intubated and receiving treatment in the intensive care unit, was commented on by his daughter Türkü at the hospital where the master artist is being treated. Türkü Akbayram stated about her father, who underwent surgery last week, "He will undergo another surgery today."

WHO IS EDİP AKBAYRAM?

Edip Akbayram was born on December 29, 1950, in Gaziantep. He contracted polio when he was just 9 months old. He graduated from Gaziantep Şahinbey Atatürk High School and formed his own orchestra.

He graduated from high school in 1968 and moved to Istanbul. In the orchestra they formed in high school, they played and sang compositions based on the poems of Pir Sultan Abdal and Karacaoğlan.

He also made his first record during his high school years: "I did it myself, I found it myself." The name of the group that released his first record was Siyah Örümcekler (Black Spiders). The record was released in two different editions under the titles "Siyah Örümcekler-Gaziantep Orkestrası" and "Edip Akbayram and Siyah Örümcekler."

In 1972, he gained nationwide fame with his first composition "Kükredi Çimenler," inspired by a poem of Aşık Veysel, and the Golden Microphone competition, which was restructured by Günaydın Newspaper.

The artist, who broke sales records and won a gold record with his songs "Aldırma Gönül" and "Eşkiya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz," has received around 250 awards from various organizations.

In 1974, he founded the Dostlar Orchestra and became one of the leading figures in Anatolian rock music. Between 1981 and 1988, his compositions were banned from being played on TRT. The artist, who married Ayten in 1979, has a son named Ozan and a daughter named Türkü from this marriage.