The roots of Ozan E. Aksoy’s dedication to music lie in his early childhood when his father began teaching him the art of bağlama (long-necked lute), an instrument of special symbolic importance for the Alevi minority in Turkey. He developed an interest in the multi-ethnic musical traditions of Turkey from the beginning of his music career in the Boğaziçi University Folklore Club, and became a member of the band Kardeş Türküler (‘Ballads of Fraternity’) from 1995 to 2002 as an arranger and performer. Ozan has recorded five albums including two Kurdish Diaspora musicians’ (namely Ali Baran and Şexo), and given concerts all around Europe and Turkey with Ballads of Fraternity, performing the local music of Anatolia, the Balkans and Caucasus.