Necil Kazım Akses (6 May 1908 – 16 February 1999)[1] was a Turkish classical composer.
[2] He helped co-found the Ankara State Conservatory with the composer Paul Hindemith and served as director of the institution for a while.
Together with Cemal Reşit Rey, Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Ahmet Adnan Saygun, and Hasan Ferit Alnar, Akses belonged to a group called The Turkish Five, who were the first Turkish composers to adapt their homeland's musical tradition to the techniques of Western classical composition.
He worked as the Turkish cultural attaché in Bern and Bonn, among other posts.
Akses composed orchestral works, chamber music, and pieces for piano.