The renowned Turkish composer and educator Ilhan Usmanbaş has passed away at the age of 104. The news of his death was shared ...

Duru Bulam, a 17-year-old student from the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory, won first place in the ...

Donald Macleod examines the ongoing legacy of the Turkish Five and asks if the cultural agenda of the early Turkish Republic damaged or even destroyed authentic Turkish music.

Donald Macleod explores what impact studying in Europe had on the Turkish Five. Donald Macleod explores what impact studying in Europe had on the Turkish Five.

At the fourth annual Turkish Music Festival in September 2021, musicians from the Hoppa Project, with master clarinetist Ismail Lumanovski, took our audience on a foot-stomping cultural tour of Turkey ...

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Iconic Turkish Arabesque singer, musician, actor and director Ferdi Tayfur died on Thursday at a hospital in Türkiye's Mediterranean province of Antalya, a spokesperson confirmed. He was 79.