About Anatolian Harps

Founded by harpist and educator Zeynep Öykü together with Ali Öztürk, Anatolian Harps was born of necessity. Because there was nowhere in Türkiye to repair or maintain a harp, we began by servicing the harps used in our own teaching — and on that road we became, with pride, the country’s first and only harp maker.

In 2019, as the pandemic suddenly multiplied the number of people taking up the harp, importing instruments became harder than ever. The impossibility of finding a harp in the country accelerated plans we had carried for a long time: from repairing and maintaining, we built our first harp. Thanks to the support and friendship of our American master luthier, we reached a high standard of instrument making from the very first.

When our Istanbul workshop could no longer keep up with us, we moved it to Gölpazarı in Bilecik, Ali Öztürk’s hometown. There we grew and flourished: today the workshop builds more than fifty harps a year, and the number keeps rising. So began our journey from a small harp atelier to a brand supplying rare, special harps to the world.

We are still at the beginning of the story — moving fast toward a future in which Türkiye is one of the world’s centers of the harp.

Zeynep Öykü & Ali Öztürk