Founded by refugee musicians, a music institute in Southern Turkey tries to revive forgotten Syrian classics and integrate Turkish and Syrian cultures with music the two have shared for centuries.
GAZIANTEP, Turkey — When the powerful earthquake rocked her home in early February, 18-year-old Sidra Mohammed Ali woke up and thought of one thing: her music school — was it OK? The next day, as ...
Asia Society Texas, American Turkish Association-Houston, and Hoppa Project present Sounds of Anatolia, from the fifth annual Turkish Music Festival, a multi-day musical event dedicated to sharing a ...
Recent protests in Taksim Square and Gezi Park against Turkey's government have included many musicians, continuing a tradition of resistance and dissent which runs back through the 60s to pre-Islamic ...
On discovering Turkey, one of the surprising facts was how big it is. Like many Brits we learn about the region by the countries we have invaded, bombed or owned. As it was not plain sailing for the ...
The Brooklyn-based Chicagoan Jonah Parzen-Johnson has created clever, thought-provoking lo-fi music across all six of his previous releases. Each is a solo performance with Parzen-Johnson on baritone ...