Burak Kaya: Classical Guitar
Ozan Musluoglu: Double Bass
Yinon Muallem: Percussions
Composed by Burak Kaya

Gezi Park tells of the Gezi Park, which would be demolished to construct buildings and those individuals who resisted this destruction. In the first part of the song the strong commitment of environmentalists is considered, and in the second part, the occupation of the park by the public participating into the resistance, and in the third part, the beauty of communal life established at Gezi Park is interpreted.

Gezi Park

Burak Kaya: Classical Guitar
Ozan Musluoglu: Double Bass
Yinon Muallem: Percussions
Composed by Burak Kaya

Emek Movie Theatre, was built in 1884 by architect Alexandre Vallaury. It was destroyed in 2013 by those who said that they would build a more beautiful movie theater instead. A pathetic song for the historical Emek Movie Theater which was finally torn down despite the resistance to the mentality which instead of protecting cultural heritages, seeks to destroy historical buildings on the grounds that they are simply 'old' and sinking.

Emek Movie Theater

Burak Kaya: Classical Guitar
Ozan Musluoglu: Double Bass
Yinon Muallem: Percussions
Composed by Burak Kaya

Activists tells the story of environmental activists from different geographies of the world who have set off from their own region and fight for the future of the whole planet. 

Activists

Burak Kaya: Classical Guitar
Ozan Musluoglu: Double Bass
Yinon Muallem: Percussions
Composed by Burak Kaya

HES Off is a song that tries to describe the vibrant rivers with its lively rhythm and tune changes. It depicts the wipeout of high waters and harmful effects of HES (Hydroelectric Power Plant) that plunders the forests, changes riverbeds and leave no water in streams even for animals to survive. 

HES Off

Burak Kaya: Classical Guitar
Ozan Musluoglu: Double Bass
Yinon Muallem: Percussions
Composed by Burak Kaya

Climate Change, tells us how badly the planet is damaged by companies that exploit labor under neo-liberal politics, pollute the planet, glorify consumption and concretion rather than production and green areas and do not abandon fossil fuel. The first part of the song narrated the usual order and natural balance while solo part emphasizes the climate changes that occur as a result of global warming. Here, extreme climatic events such as droughts, floods, typhoons with unbalanced tunes, hard touches and strokes.

Climate Change

Burak Kaya (1970) was born in Ankara, Turkey. He began playing classical guitar at age of 12. He played both classical guitar music and jazz standards seperately for a long period of time. Although he took some guitar and harmony lessons, he's mostly self-taught.

Kaya had a strong influence of world music, latin jazz and Anatolian traditional musics in his style. Instead of using amplified guitars he prefers to play nylon string classical guitar which creates an natural acoustic sound. He plays mostly in small groups such as jazz trios including double bass and percussions or duo instrument projects. 

After playing in several groups, he established "Çekirdek" with his friends and recorded an album named 'Siste Yürümek' in 1992. 

In 2006, he recorded a duo album with Hakan Küçükçınar the bass player and vocalist at Çekirdek.

He was a writer and publisher of an online magazine Çalakalem since 2001. Some of his short stories published in several literary magazines in Turkey. 

He arranged Anatolian folk songs for jazz quartet and recorded an album named Songs For Cango in 2013. The album is including 9 traditional songs and a requiem for Uludere Massacre. His latest album Climate Change was released in 2015. 

He started learning and playing fretless guitar in 2014. He is teaching jazz guitar in Burak Kaya Jazz Guitar Academy since 2010.