Ahmed Avni Konuk (1868-1938) was born in Istanbul, and graduated at the head of his class at the Mekteb-i Hukuk-i Şâhâne (Imperial School of Law). He composed a great many works of mystical music, among which is the Yürük Aksak şarkı in the makam Karcığar, which he composed in 1890.  He has forty-one known works to his name.