Emre began to discover Anatolian melodies since his early childhood through his father Lüftü Gültekin. Saz became the love of his life and thanks to his father that he started playing with the greatest musicians such as Hasret Gültekin Mustafa Karaçeper, Meftuni Topçu, Engin Arslan, Cengiz Özkan at an early age. Simultaneously he developed skills in sound recording and earned a degree from the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (Belgium). Emre found an attentive teacher in Talip Özkan, who taught him both the art of Saz and tanbûr.

Emre is a versatile musician engaged in numerous projects creating a diverse dialogue of music from Senegal to Serbia to Armenia to China to Siberia to India ...with Goran Bregoviç, Véronique Gillet, Nathan Daems, Levent Yildirim, Guo Gan, Vardan Hovanissian. Emre has taken part in numerous projects; "Blindnote", “Adana &“Karin”, “Gültekinler”, “Baul Meets Saz”, “Lune de Jade”, La Roza Enflorese... He also recorded and edited the sound of dozens of albums, including Refugees for Refugees(“Amerli”) ; Voxtra ; Bao Sissoko, Wouter Vandenabeele & Mola Sylla(“Tamala”), “Chansons pour la fin d’un jour”, (“Masters of Frame Drums”), doza, Maurice Horsthuis’ string ensemble Jargon (...)