Zehra Bilir (March 26, 1913, in Arapgir, Ottoman Empire – June 28, 2007, in Istanbul, Turkey) was a renowned Turkish folk singer of Armenian descent.

Therefore, her mother married a Turkish man and Eliz always believed that her step-father was in fact her real father.

After working alongside a hatter, she then begins to take musical notation and solfeggio lessons from famed Armenian musician Artaki Candan-Terzian.

She was one of the most famous singers of folk songs from Anatolia, often appearing in traditional garb and dancing with a handkerchief.

Zehra Bilir died on June 28, 2007, at the age 94 years in a nursing home.