Bilge Özgen (born in Viranşehir, Turkey in 1935) is a Turkish composer and lyricist. Özgen graduated from in 1959. He received his first music instruction from his father Sabri Özgen, an amateur musician. Özgen met and while he was a student in Ankara, a period which he calls his "second period in music". He worked as an instrument builder for a while, and retired in 2000 from his job as a lute performer at . Özgen was encouraged as a composer by , Niyazi Sayın, and . A composer of memorable works, Özgen has produced more than 300 pieces.