That any musician, old cat, young lion, or apprentice anywhere, endeavors in jazz is amazing enough, given the elusiveness of "success." That is even more true in Istanbul, Turkey: not a conventional ...

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.

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 ...

The 52nd İstanbul Music Festival, organized by İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), is set to take place from May 21 to June 12. Featuring 25 concerts, the festival will bring together ...

Listening to the radio in my brother in law’s car on one of my first visits to Turkey with my then girlfriend. A sound came ...

After the protests were broken up in Saraçhane, a historic square in Istanbul, Professor Aslı Tunç descended into the metro, thinking she’d left the street noise behind. On the platform, a man stood ...

Supporters of Canan Kaftancioglu, the Istanbul provincial chairwoman of the main opposition Republican People's Party, gather for a rally in Istanbul on Sept. 6 ...