“We have to protect our language, music and culture. That’s why I want to teach.” Mehmet Ayaz came to the US from Turkey more than 20 years ago. For the past two, he’s been in ...

There's plenty of music this weekend, but Thanksgiving week itself is pretty quiet. Here are this week's best options, along with a long look ahead to the weekend AFTER Turkey Day, when music ...

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 ...

Ferdi Tayfur’s death reignites debates over class, culture and identity in Türkiye, highlighting the profound connection ...

Calculating Empires; Okay's 5/8; Fortune And Men's Eyes; 1969 - Take 1; 1969; Near East; Naive - Take 1; Naive; Istanbul Don Cherry and Okay Temiz composed this the soundtrack for Engin Cezzar and ...

A special concert was organized for Turkish soldiers serving in the Qatar-Türkiye Combined Joint Force Command, hosted by the ...

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Tennessee Tech's Gözde Çakır Ramsey performed at Carnegie Hall, highlighting the university's musical prowess.

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. Tayfur ...