IZMIR
Ertas, who was taken to hospital last week, was receiving treatment at oncology service of the Medical Park Hospital in western Izmir province.
Ertas died in the hospital on Tuesday.
Born in central Anatolian province of Kirsehir in 1938, Ertas is a virtuoso of the traditional Turkish instrument "baglama". His profession in Turkish is known as "halk ozani", which literally means "folk poet". Ertas interpreted musical pieces of the Abdal tradition.
