Betal Özay

Betal Özay started his professional journey as a lawyer in Istanbul, but he took a different path by founding a music label called LU Records and digital platform named ArtsMap. After moving to Amsterdam, he graduated from the Mezrab Storytelling School. Since then, he has created various stage performances, including Silaba, BioPower, Wicked Monster and Goodbye Erdogan, which won the »Amsterdam Best of Fringe Award« in 2022. Currently, he is working as a producer on the stage adaptation of Time Regulation Institute a canonical Turkish novel by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, and a music documentary called Turkadelica, which follows the story of Turkish Psychedelic Music. He also teaches Creativity and Law at Kadir Has University Law School as a part-time lecturer.