An instrument crafter in Turkish metropolis Istanbul has revived nearly 800 musical instruments that were about to be forgotten over nearly last three decades. Feridun Obul, a primary school graduate, ...

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.

With their rather parochial view of the world soundscape, New York’s music hipsters probably don’t know it, but the old Istanbul psychedelic scene was the longest lasting on earth. And the planet’s ...

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 ...

Grammy-nominated composer and multi-instrumentalist Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and his jazz orchestra, Whatsnext? are celebrating the release of their newest album "Turkish Hipster: Tales From Swing To ...

Fascination with the Orient has enriched the musical palette of Western composers to an extent Mozart hardly could have contemplated when he spiced a few of his own compositions with supposed “Turkish ...

Whirling dervishes perform a Sema ceremony at the Mevlana Cultural Center - built to honor Islamic religious leader Mevlâna Jelaleddin Rumî - in Konya, Turkey. The Sufi ceremony in Konya features ...