Turkish pop music has lost one of its most recognizable voices. Legendary singer and composer Alpay Nazikioğlu, known simply as Alpay, has di ...

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.

Turkish Mystic Sufi musician Latif Bolat will present music, poetry, Sufi mystic stories and images from the ancient land of Turkey. Latif Bolat plays Turkish Folk Music and devotional Sufi songs ...

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 ...

Artists perform works ranging from Western classical music to Turkish and Turkic world melodies during summit programmes.

Music teacher Emre Dayioglu spends most of his time -- and money -- visiting remote villages in southwestern Turkey to document local music and dance in hopes of preserving it for future generations.

Türkiye is preparing a digital archive of centuries-old musical works, historical scores and performance recordings that will be made freely accessible to the public in 2027. The project, led by the ...

Turkish singer Muslum Gurses, a national legend for his mournful, melancholy lyrics and contributions to arabesque music, will be remembered this week at an Istanbul cemetery, as Tuesday marks the ...

Scott Yoo learns about the Turkish kanun and about what court music in the country sounded like. Kanun, yes, Turkish musical instrument. Okay. And do you change the tuning with those — Yes. These are ...

Türkiye’s veteran rock musician Erkin Koray has died at the age of 82. The musician, who left a mark on Turkish rock music with his songs, died in the hospital he was admitted to in Toronto, Canada, ...