Famous Turkish-Alevi folk musician. Eroğlu was born in 1946 in the Mut district of İcel,Turkey. He gained popularity with his work on series of albums "Muhabbet" with artists Arif Sağ, Yavuz Top, Muhlis Akarsu in the 1980's. He was honoured as "State Artist" -a title given by the government to respected artists in Turkey- in 1998.