Engin Nurşani

Engin Ayhan (9 January 1984 – 25 December 2020), commonly known as Engin Nurşani, was a Turkish-German^[1] folk musician. He started his music career with the Adına Bir Çizik Çektim album in 2003, and released eight albums in total until he had throat cancer in 2019 and took a temporary break from his music career. On 25 December 2020, he died at Istanbul Acıbadem Altunizade Hospital at around 07:00am (UTC+3).^[2]

Engin Nurşani
Nurşani in 2019
Born	Engin Ayhan 9 January 1984 Krefeld, Germany
Died	25 December 2020(2020-12-25) (aged 36) Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish German
Spouse	Dilek Nurşani
Children	1
Parent	Angelika Ayhan • Ali Ayhan
Musical career
Genres	Folk türkü
Years active	2003–2020

Life and career

Nursani was born in 1984 as one of two children of a Kurdish^[3] father and a German mother.^[4][5][6] His father, Ali Ayhan (born 1959), is a folk music artist.^[5] When he was a child, he was trained in music by his father and attended concerts.^[4]

Discography

• Adına Bir Çizik Çektim (2003)
• Mutlu musun? (2004)
• Sen Nefsine Köle Oldun (2006)
• Üç Ozan Üç Oğul (2008)
• Üç Ozan Üç Oğul 2 (2011)
• Gözün Aydın (2012)
• Kolay mı Sandın? (2017)
• Bu Dünyada Yalnız Kaldım (2021)