Raif Özkan Uğur (17 October 1953 – 8 July 2023) was a Turkish pop and rock musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and actor.
After switching several bands for the next few years, Uğur formed MFÖ together with Mazhar Alanson and Fuat Güner in 1980.
[2] Özkan Uğur started his professional career in 1970 with the Şerif Yüzbaşıoğlu Orchestra as a bass guitarist.
When the group dissolved in 1972, he joined Barış Manço in the Anatolian rock band Kurtalan Ekspres as a founding member.
When the group temporarily dissolved when Manço left to complete his mandatory military service, Uğur formed Ter together with two others.
In the same year, he joined Dostlar Orkestrası, but left it due to disagreements within the group and switched to Ersen ve Dadaşlar.
[2] Özkan Uğur starred in several theatrical plays, movies and TV series after starting his music career.
[2] In 2020 and 2023, during the times when his condition worsened, misinformation was spread on social media claiming that Uğur had died.