The audience in Istanbul was shocked when Mercan Dede walked on stage. How could he have a red Mohawk and a pierced ear? How could he be in his early 30s? This musician who plays a traditional Turkish ...

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 ...

On the final night of the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona last June, music obsessives who’d been raging all day, every day for more than a week could have been forgiven for bypassing Altın Gün‘s ...

The BBC Symphony Orchestra clears a week of its schedule to explore and celebrate the music of Turkey in this year's Diverse Orchestras Week. A programme of performance and free learning events led by ...

Music is not just a form a art, but is a language that directly hits the heart. It has the power to elaborate every possible emotion in the world. What makes music a beautiful blend of meaning and ...