Neset Ertas (Turkish spelling: Neşet Ertaş) is a Turkishfolk music singer, lyrics writer and a virtuoso of the traditional Turkish instrument bağlama. His profession in Turkish is known as "halk şairi", which literally means "folks poet". Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Lyrics are the written words in a song. ... A musical instrument that belongs to several near-eastern cultures. ...
He was born in 1938, in Gırtıllar, a village in Kırşehir to his father Muharrem Ertaş, also a halk şairi, and his mother Döne. 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Shows the Location of the Province Kırşehir Kirsehir Province is located in southern Turkey, forming part of the central Anatolian region. ...
Neşet Ertaş interprets musical pieces of the Abdal tradition, following his father.