Betal Özay

Betal Özay started his professional journey as a lawyer in Istanbul, but he took a different path by founding a music label called LU Records and a digital platform named ArtsMap. After relocating to Amsterdam, he graduated from the Mezrab Storytelling School. Since then, he has created various stage performances, including “Silaba,” “BioPower,” “Wicked Monster,” and “Goodbye Erdogan,” which won the Amsterdam Best of Fringe Award in 2022.

Currently, he is working as a producer on the stage adaptation of “Time Regulation Institute,” one of the greatest Turkish novels of the twentieth century, and a music documentary called “Turkadelica,” which follows the story of Turkish Psychedelic Music. He also teaches Creativity and Law at Kadir Has University Law School as a part-time lecturer.