Jehan Barbur

Jehan Barbur was born in Beirut on 12 April 1980 and grew up in İskenderun. After enrolling in Bilkent University’s Department of American Culture and Literature in 1998 and graduating in 2002, Barbur settled in Istanbul. As a producer, lyricist, composer and singer, Barbur released nine solo albums and many singles between 2009 and 2026. A writer of columns and poems for many magazines and newspapers, Jehan Barbur published a first book, Çatıdaki Çimenler –Sen’e Yazılar–, a collection of stories and poems, in 2013. It was followed by Baba Öyküler (2016), a compilation of interviews with twenty people, and the poetry books Sevmediğim Atlaslar (2017), Düğüm Ağacı (2019) and Garam (2022). Barbur’s first novel, “Öncesi”, came out in 2026. In 2019 Doğan Kitap also published Uyumsuza Notlar, Barbur’s study of Tomris Uyar. In 2025 Barbur co-directed, produced and wrote the documentary “Tanıştığıma Memnun Oldum”, a finalist at several film festivals including the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Living in Bodrum since 2016, the artist continues to work in music and literature.