Alper Ağa / Karakan / Cartel | Early Ecotone

Alper Ağa, born Alpertunga Köksal, is one of the foundational figures of Turkish rap. Public biographies connect him both to Karakan, which he founded in 1993, and to Cartel, the landmark 1995 collective that brought Turkish hip-hop to mass visibility in both Germany and Turkey. In this early episode, the conversation moves through migration, language, early rap identity, and the formation of a voice across different cultural geographies. Early Ecotone is the precursor archive to the Ecotone series. These episodes belong to the earlier phase in which the central concerns of Ecotone were first taking shape: sound as impulse, music as a way of making space for oneself, and the encounter with artists through memory, identity, and transition. #EarlyEcotone #AlperAga #Karakan #Cartel #TurkishRap #HipHop #OldSchoolRap