They’re used by Herman Rrtuc, Roni Aran and Serhat Ayebe, a Turkish music band called Fungistanbul. They’ve been turning trash into instruments to raise awareness about the growing waste problem.

Turkish Touches This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any ...

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.

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 ...

The evocative tones of acoustic Turkish instruments and the delicate ornamentations in the playing and vocals are best heard in such venues as St. John's Church in Berkeley and the Noe Valley ...

Between 1967 and 1977, young Turkish musicians created a popular music that blended elements from contemporary Western rock and roll with their own Eastern musical and cultural heritage. Drawing ...

Enjoy an educational and entertaining night highlighting a range of Turkish traditions, from folk music and Ottoman court music, to the contemporary music of Turkey. Along with Hoppa Project conducted ...

The Turkish Freakout! selections were assembled by Bouzouki Joe, a British fellow also known as DJ Remould. These are needle-drop copies of seven-inch singles, the main format in the heyday of ...