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The winners of the 2026 Necip Fazıl Awards, organized by Starnewspaper to preserve the spiritual and cultural legacy of Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, have been announced. At the 13th edition of the awards, nine individuals were selected to receive awards in eight different categories.
Following the jury’s evaluation, Prof. Dr. Murat Salim Tokaç was named the recipient of the Necip Fazıl Music Award. The jury comprised M. Fatih Andı, Turan Karataş, Mehmet Narlı, Melike Günyüz, Samed Karagöz, and Bedir Acar.
The award citation highlighted Prof. Dr. Tokaç’s efforts to preserve the deep-rooted performance tradition of Turkish music and pass it on to future generations. It also emphasized his artistic excellence as a ney and tanbur performer, as well as his contributions to the representation of Turkish music at national and international levels through his academic and institutional work.
Born in Kırıkkale in 1969, Prof. Dr. Murat Salim Tokaç was introduced to music at an early age. He learned to play the oud and ney from his father, Dr. Turgut Tokaç, and began taking tanbur lessons from Selçuk Sipahioğlu at the age of 11. In the following years, he further developed his ney and tanbur techniques by listening to prominent musicians of the time.
Alongside his musical pursuits, Tokaç also studied medicine. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Ondokuz Mayıs University in 1992 and completed his doctorate at the same faculty. Throughout his artistic career, Tokaç has given numerous concerts in Türkiye and abroad. He has served with the Samsun State Classical Turkish Music Choir of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Istanbul State Turkish Music Research and Practice Ensemble. Having completed 45 years on stage in 2025, the artist continues his work with his students.
The Necip Fazıl Awards will be presented to their recipients at a ceremony to be held on a date to be announced.
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