Bay Önder е опера на турски јазик од 1934 година, од Necil Kazim Akses. Тоа била едната од групите на опери, нарачана од Мустафа Кемал Ататурк (Mustafa Kemal Atatürk), како основач на Турција, и заслужна и за нејзината културa (културата на Турската Република).[1][2]

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  1. Günsel Renda, C. Max Kortepeter - The Transformation of Turkish culture: the Atatürk legacy, 1986, p. 81: "These plays were distributed among three composers, who were commissioned to write the scores: Taş Bebek (Doll) to Adnan Saygun, Bayönder (The Leader) to Necil Kazım Akses and Bir Ülkü Yolu (A Way of Idea) to Ulvi Cemal Erkin.
  2. Turkish review quarterly digest - Volume 1, Issue 3 - Page 87 Turkey. Basın-Yayın ve Enformasyon Genel Müdürlüğü - 1986 "DURING ATATÜRK'S PRESIDENCY", "Bayönder" to Necil Kazım Akses and "Bir Ülkü Yolu" to Ulvi Cemal Erkin. Only Saygun was able to complete an opera. Necil Kazım Akses completed only the first three scenes of the opera Bayönder."