Song of the day: İlkay Akkaya/Denizlere

İlkay Akkaya is one of the well-known members of Grup Kızılırmak, a musical group. She was born on May 26, 1964, in Istanbul. After graduated from the Press High School at Marmara University, she joined Grup Yorum as the soloist. She released three albums with Grup Yorum. She got out of Grup Yorum together with Tuncay Akdoğan in 1988. In 1990, she founded the group Kızılırmak with Tuncay Akdoğan and İsmail İlknur. While at Kızılırmak, Akkaya also worked on her solo career. From 1990 to 1992 she was seen at the Birlik Theater in Ankara, where she played the role of Ballihan in the play Pir Sultan Abdal. She composed the score for the film Bir Küçük Bulut. She released her first solo album “Kül (Ashes)” in 1998 and then released her albums such as “Unutma (Don’t Forget-2001)”, “Yine (Again-2003)”, “Yalnız (Alone- 2005)”, “Umut (Hope-2013)” and “Hayat (Life-2015)”.