Gülçin Yahya Kaçar

In 2010, she founded Gazi University Turkish Music State Conservatory, the first Turkish Music State Conservatory in Ankara. She worked as a founding manager six years. She took part in the founding staff of Gazi University Fine Arts Institute. She was the pioneer of opening master and doctorate programs on Turkish Music. She was ranked as the second candidate for rector at Ankara Music and Fine Arts University. She worked as a Manager of Gazi University Turkish Music Education Research and Development Centre. She was Science Committee member of Atatürk Culture Centre Presidency of Atatürk Culture Language and History High Institution, the member of Hasan Hüsameddin Uşşaki Research and Development Centre Consultancy Institution, the advisor of Korea Embassy Culture-Art, the member of Ministry of Culture and Tourism Choirs Management Committee and the member of many other science and art committees. She works as a lecturer in Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University Turkish Music State Conservatory Instrument Education Department.

In 1988, she started to work as a lecturer of oud and flute in Music Department of Selcuk University. In 1993, she received her master's degree called Performance-note difference in Turkish Saz Music and in 2000, she obtained her doctorate called Oud Improvisations of Yorgo Bacanos. She worked with Prof. Mutlu Torun during her master and doctorate periods. In 1997, she was appointed to Gazi University Music Education Department as a lecturer. In 2004, she became an assistant professor, in 2009 she became a professor. She gave lessons in Oud, Turkish Music Theories, Work Analysis, Preparing and Developing Teaching Instrument Materials, Performance Analysis, Advanced Performance Methods, Style and Manner in licence, master and doctorate. She has 216 compositions. She has compositions such as Bergüzar-ı Çanakkale, Wisdoms from Hoca Ahmet Yesevi and fidelity to Mehmet Akif Ersoy, which are on subjects impressing Turkish Culture and History. She continues to compose themed compositions. Many of her articles have been published on Turkish Music and education in national and international scientific journals and media.

Gulçin Yahya Kaçar (10 January 1966) is a Turkish musician, Oud master, composer, singer, and academic

Gülçin Yahya Kaçar was born in Ankara in 1966 as the doughter of Dalyan Yahya, member of foreign affairs officer and housewife Arife Yahya. Her great-grandfather was from Kastoria, district of Bitola in the past. The nickname of Yahya family in Manastır is Karaman. The family of Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, famous composer of Turkish Music, moved from Kastoria to Istanbul as well. Yahya family came to Turkey due to population exchange in 1923 and settled first in Izmir-Urla, then Mersin, after that Çukur town connected to Kayseri-Felahiye (now called Özvatan). Parents of Gülçin Yahya Kaçar were born in Kayseri-Çukur. Gülçin Yahya Kaçar became interested in music by taking private lessons on her talent recognized by her family in childhood. After graduating from Çankaya High School, in the same year she won Music Department of Gazi University. She studied flute with Aycan Sancar, group conductor of Presidential Symphony Orchestra, here. In addition to Western Music education, she started to interested in Turkish Classical Music and oud. In 1986, she became the student of Cinuçen Tanrıkorur who is an oud virtuoso, composer and architect. She gave the first recital with him after finishing oud method of Tanrıkorur in six months, which was a very short time. She speaks English. She is married with police manager, historian, poet, writer, Dr. Izzet Kacar and has two children named Emirhan Ahmet (2003) and Mehmet Yekta (2005).