Prof. Dr. Feza Tansuğ is Professor of Anthropology and Music in Ankara and he is one of the leading culture and music experts of Turkey. He is the author of several books and dozens of scholarly articles on various traditions of Turkish and Central Asian musics. He is the author of Novyi vzgliad na muzyku tiurkskikh narodov Evrazii (New Perspectives on Turkic Music of Eurasia). For many years, he has taught in Department of Anthropology at Yeditepe University in Istanbul, acting as the department chair between 2010-2012. He has gained a worldwide reputation for his discovery of a Turkish hymn that inspired the famous composer, Ludwig van Beethoven.

Prof. Dr. Feza Tansuğ is the director of  the Ipek University, School of Music and Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design.