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mercan dede (born arkın ılıcalı, 1966, bursa, turkiye), also known as dj arkin allen, is a turkish composer, ney and bendir player, dj and producer. he divides his time between turkiye, europe and north america. he is a world music artist, playing a fusion of traditional acoustic turkish and other oriental musics with electronic sounds. his best known albums include seyahatname, su, and nar. he has worked in collaboration with turkish and international musicians such as susheela raman, dhafer youssef, sheema mukherjee (transglobal underground) and hugh marsh. (quotation)