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News Turkey » Music: A music school uniting Syrian and Turkish cultures survives the massive earthquake

News channel or source: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/25/1165309424/turkey-earthquake-syria-refugees-music-school-gaziantep

Published on: Friday 24 March 2023

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 ...

News Turkey » Music: Turkish rock musician detained in probe into aid organization

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/turkish-rock-musician-detained-probe-164820435.html

Published on: Sunday 12 July 2026

The popular Turkish rock musician Haluk Levent has been detained amid a probe into his aid organization Ahbap, state news agency Anadolu reported on Sunday. Levent is accused of membership in a ...

News Turkey » Music: A music school wants to revive Turkish and Syrian connections through song

News channel or source: https://www.npr.org/2023/01/16/1149423332/a-music-school-wants-to-revive-turkish-and-syrian-connections-through-song

Published on: Monday 16 January 2023

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.

News Turkey » Music: 47 Iconic Turkish Singers You Should Know

News channel or source: https://www.gigwise.com/iconic-turkish-singers-you-should-know/

Published on: Thursday 31 October 2024

Turkish music has many different sounds that people around the world enjoy. However, finding singers who show the full range of Turkish musical talent can be difficult. This guide will introduce you ...

News Turkey » Music: Out of the Roma Villages of Turkey, Clarinet Reigns Beyond Its Traditions

News channel or source: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/out-of-the-roma-villages-of-turkey-clarinet-reigns-beyond-its-traditions-zakir-hussain

Published on: Saturday 07 November 2020

You cannot be modern by forgetting what is from you and adapting the other to yourself. Identities should not be deleted in this way. The clarinet, foundational for jazz from Sidney Bechet unto Eric ...

News Turkey » Music: This vast culture of Turkey: music and literature

News channel or source: https://bianet.org/yazi/this-vast-culture-of-turkey-music-and-literature-314003

Published on: Saturday 29 November 2025

On discovering Turkey, one of the surprising facts was how big it is. Like many Brits we learn about the region by the countries we have invaded, bombed or owned. As it was not plain sailing for the ...