Bozkurt İlham Osman Gencer (30 August 1921 – 24 May 2023) was a Turkish jazz pianist, singer and composer.

[1] He held his first concert and made his first composition İlham Vals when he was 5 years old.

[1] He started his professional career in 1944, and between 1949 and 1963 he hosted several musical programs on Radio Istanbul [tr].

[1][2] His 1961 song "Bak Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş", a cover of Bob Azzam's "C'est écrit dans le Ciel", is regarded as the first pop song recorded in Turkish language.

[1] In 2018, he was the subject of a biography, Bozkurt İlhami Gencer'le Sanat ve Siyaset Bir Bir Birada ("Art and politics at the same time with Bozkurt İlhami Gencer") written by Sami Coşkun.