Originally from Istanbul, Dilek Sahin came to Germany in the early 1990's as a refugee. Her roots are in traditional Turkish music (she studied Saz, the Turkish 'guitar') but singing along to Michael Jackson tapes gave her a powerful technique for soul music. Between 2012 and 2014, Sahin won 1st place in Dj Tommek and Kurtis Blow's Boogie Down Berlin Showcase, headlined the Lichtblick Festival, landed a opening slot for Grammy-nominated Soul band Hiatus Kaiyote, built and rebuilt her own personal recording studio in three locations and wrote and recorded an album's worth of original songs. After performing under the names Chili Hendrix, Dilek 816 and Room 816, Sahin now goes by TurksoulRefugee and has relocated to Valencia with full-time producer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist FDEZ (U.S.A./Spain). Several of the many recordings she made with FDEZ in Berlin are available to stream for free here: soundcloud.com/turksoulrefugee