Achievements
- His album 800 was selected as the World's Best World Music Album of 2008 by WOMEX!
- Mercan Dede has been nominated by BBC 3 Awards for World Music in the Middle East and North Africa category twice and three times in the Club Global category.
- Su stayed at #1 spot for two months on the European World Music Charts
- Featured in Fatih Akin's documentary Crossing the Bridge
- Composer of some music for the recent work Istanbul by Pina Bausch, the German choreographer
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