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{{Short description|Turkish musician and meteorologist (1943–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Gökhan Abur
| image              =
| other_names        = "Gökhan"
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1943|09|27|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Afyonkarahisar]], Turkey
| death_date         = {{death date and given age|2023|09|15|80|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Istanbul]], Turkey
| burial_place       = Çengelköy Cemetery
| alma_mater         = [[Istanbul Technical University]]
| occupation         = Weather presenter, musician
| employer           = [[Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute]] (KOERI) <br> [[Açık Radyo]]<br> [[NTV (Turkey)|NTV]] <br> "Kargalar Kafeste" music band
| notable_works      = ''Bir Gün Karşılaşırsak'' (1975)
| television         = [[NTV (Turkey)|NTV Weather]]
| children           = 3
| awards             = [[Istanbul Aydın University]] Communication Awards
"Weather Anchor of the Year" award (2016)
}}
'''Gökhan Abur''' or by his stage name '''Gökhan''' (27 September 1943 – 15 September 2023) was a Turkish musician and [[meteorologist]].<ref>https://www.turksail.com/genel-haberler/12903-goekhan-aburdan-meteoroloji-semineri</ref> He came 8th in the [[Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975|Turkish qualifiers of the Eurovision Song Contest 1975]] with his song entry titled "Bir Gün Karşılaşırsak".
== Biography ==
Gökhan Abur was born in [[Afyonkarahisar]] to a family of [[Civil Servants|civil servants]], Abur's father was from [[İzmir]] and his mother was from [[Istanbul]]. Due to his father's job as an [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]], he lived in many parts of Turkey. He started primary school in [[Ankara]] and continued his primary school education life in [[Elazığ]]. When his father resigned from his job as an officer, his family moved to Istanbul, where he finished primary school. When Obur started his secondary school education, his family moved to [[Karabük]] upon his father returning to civil service. He finished his middle and high school education there.<ref name="death">{{Cite web |date=15 September 2023 |title=Meteoroloji editörü Gökhan Abur hayatını kaybetti |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/turkiye/meteoroloji-editoru-gokhan-abur-hayatini-kaybetti-2119726 |access-date=15 September 2023 |website=[[Cumhuriyet]] |language=tr}}</ref>
Abur graduated from the [[Istanbul Technical University]]'s Department of Meteorological Engineering. For many years, he worked at the [[Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute]] (KOERI) [[Meteorology|Meteorology Department]]. He retired from his position as Meteorological Engineer at [[Kandilli Observatory]] in 2003.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=NTV meteoroloji editörü ve müzisyen Gökhan Abur, hayatını kaybetti |url=https://t24.com.tr/haber/ntv-meteoroloji-editoru-ve-muzisyen-gokhan-abur-hayatini-kaybetti,1130257 |access-date=15 September 2023 |website=[[T24 (newspaper)|T24]] |language=Turkish}}</ref>
Abur was interested in the sea and maritime. He gave out [[meteorology]] and [[weather forecasting]] lessons at Atlantis Yachting. He also produced a radio program called "Açık Deniz" on [[Açık Radyo]] from 2000 to 2002. Until his death in 2023, he was an editor-in-chief for weather bulletins at Turkish television channel [[NTV (Turkish TV channel)|NTV]], which he also presented. Abur was awarded "Weather Anchor of the Year" at the Communication Awards organized by [[Istanbul Aydın University]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi'nden Yılın STK'sı Ödülü-9.5.2016 |url=https://www.kizilay.org.tr/Haber/HaberDetay/2751 |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=[[Turkish Red Crescent]] |language=tr}}</ref>
=== Musical career ===
During his high school years in Karabük, he founded an orchestra and started his musical life. He won the Meteorology Engineering Graduate Program at Istanbul Technical University and moved to Istanbul.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=NTV'nin acı günü: Gökhan Abur ağabeyimizi kaybettik |url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/ntvnin-aci-gunu-gokhan-abur-agabeyimizi-kaybettik,GbW4tthPA0CIQBmTJ3gFFg |access-date=15 September 2023 |website=[[NTV (Turkey)|NTV]] |language=tr}}</ref>
Abuz came fourth in the "Altın Ses Yarışması" organised by Egemen Bostancı and published by Hafta Sonu Newspaper in 1967. After his success in the contest, with the contributions of Fikret Şeneş, he started to work on records. Obuz has a total of 13 singles (45rpm) and an album titled ''"Bir Gün Karşılaşırsak"'' (If We Meet One Day). He was also a singer in the music band "Kargalar Kafeste".<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 February 2014 |title=Kargalar Kafeste |url=https://www.timeout.com/istanbul/tr/muezik/kargalar-kafeste |access-date=15 September 2023 |website=Time Out İstanbul |language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Kargalar Kafeste' sezonu açtı |url=https://www.sabah.com.tr/kultur-sanat/2014/10/23/kargalar-kafeste-sezonu-acti |access-date=15 September 2023 |website=[[Sabah (newspaper)|Sabah]] |language=tr}}</ref>
Abur participated in the celebrations of the 75th [[Republic Day (Turkey)|anniversary of the Republic]] with Deniz Arcak, Asu Maralman and a team from the State Opera Ballet in Mersin and Tarsus at the [[Mersin Halkevi|Mersin Opera House]].<ref name=":1" />
Abur participated in the 2011 revival of "[[The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas|The Rat Pack]]" held at Istanbul Grand Hyatt alongside Recep Aktuğ and İpek Dinç.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 December 2010 |title=NTV hava durumu sunucusu Gökhan Abur şarkı söyledi |url=https://www.ensonhaber.com/medya/ntv-hava-durumu-sunucusu-gokhan-abur-sarki-soyledi-2010-12-31 |access-date=15 September 2023 |website=Ensonhaber |language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 2011 |title=Rat Pack Show'u İstanbul'a getirdiler |url=https://www.haberturk.com/kultur-sanat/haber/600861-rat-pack-showu-istanbula-getirdiler |access-date=15 September 2023 |website=[[Habertürk]] |language=tr |archive-date=15 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315075010/http://www.haberturk.com/kultur-sanat/haber/600861-rat-pack-showu-istanbula-getirdiler |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Album
!Details
|-
|1975
|Bir Gün Karşılaşırsak
|Released by S&S, his first and only album.
It consists of 12 parts.
|}
== Personal life and death ==
Abur, who was married to Hülya Abur and had 3 children, two of whom were twins, died at the age of 80 in a hospital in [[Istanbul]], where he had been receiving cancer treatment for a while. His funeral was taken from [[Şakirin Mosque]] in [[Üsküdar]] [[Karacaahmet Cemetery|Karacaahmet]] and buried in [[Çengelköy]] Cemetery.<ref name="death"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-17 |title=Yüksek Meteoroloji Mühendisi Gökhan Abur son yolculuğuna uğurlandı |url=https://www.dha.com.tr/gundem/yuksek-meteoroloji-muhendisi-gokhan-abur-son-yolculuguna-ugurlandi-2313458 |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=[[Demirören News Agency]] |language=tr}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|1537978}}
* {{discogs artist|Gökhan Abur}}
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[[Category:1943 births]]
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[[Category:Istanbul Technical University alumni]]
[[Category:Television weather presenters]]
[[Category:Turkish musicians]]
[[Category:People from Afyonkarahisar]]
[[Category:Radio weather presenters]]