The Alatav band predominantly uses the santur, guitar. Ney and percussion instruments but for some performances the group also incorporates the kemence (Turkish fiddle) and saz. The regular players are;

Ahmet “Hemo” Öztürk....: santur, gitar, vocals
Mübin Dünen..................: ney, vocals
Gencer Savaş.................: percussion
Hakan Gürbüz.................: percussion, guitar, vocals
Ulaş Deli.........................: guitar, vocal
Murat “Dede” Öztürk.......: guitar, percussion, vocals

Led by Ahmet “Hemo” Öztürk, the Alatav band got together to work upon developing new interpretations of Anatolian folk music, sayings and compositions using the santur. Over time, Mübin Dünen introduced the ney, Gencer Savaş percussion and Hakan Gürbüz the guitar and bass. Having started playing in the streets, the group began to receive invitations and played at live music venues and, starting with events arranged by universities, at various
festivals. Last of all they were joined by Ulaş Deli playing the guitar and Murat “Dede” Öztürk, whenever he has time off from other projects, playing a number of instruments.

Still giving street performances, Alatav have received various invitations to play both in Turkey and abroad but have yet to finalize a program.