Meftuni Topçu was born in Çorum in 1956. Since childhood he was listening his father playing saz and he fell in love with this culture.  He was eleven when he quit the formal education and followed his master the greatest "Ashik" (troubadour) Mahzuni Şerif to play with him across Anatolia. The school for him was the gatherings of Ashiks where he developed his mind and spirituality and mastered the essence of this tradition. Till today Meftuni had composed hundreds of songs and he is one

of the most respected Ashiks in this oral tradition going on since centuries in Anatolia.