The group was founded in Istanbul by Mesut Aytunca (1944–1977), a graduate from the school of journalism.
He was a bass guitarist, but when he founded Silüetler with Erol Bilem he began playing solo guitar.
According to one view: ”Silüetler took Turkish music out from an identity crisis.”[1] In Boğaziçi Music Festival the band played Üsküdar an arranged form of a very well known Turkish song and they took the third place.
In 1967 their first LP record was released in which they added some American hits to their repertoire.
Although he returned to music career in 1972, the next year the band dissolved itself.