Tag: Music
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Turkish Music: Ajda Pekkan – 1990s

“Superstar” is her nickname… Ajda Pekkan has continued to contribute to the Turkish music scene without interruption from the early 1960s to the present day. This month, I’d like to do something a little different and dedicate the entire month to this remarkable artist. In the fourth week, I’ll be sharing with you the songs…
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Turkish Music: “Sev Dünyayı” / “Love The World”

The track ‘Sev Dünyayı’ (meaning ‘Love the World’) brought together the era’s greatest vocalists in Turkiye.
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Turkish Music: Ajda Pekkan – 1980s

“Superstar” is her nickname… Ajda Pekkan has continued to contribute to the Turkish music scene without interruption from the early 1960s to the present day. This month, I’d like to do something a little different and dedicate the entire month to this remarkable artist. In the third week, I’ll be sharing with you the songs…
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Turkish Music: Ajda Pekkan – 1970s

“Superstar” is her nickname… Ajda Pekkan has continued to contribute to the Turkish music scene without interruption from the early 1960s to the present day. This month, I’d like to do something a little different and dedicate the entire month to this remarkable artist. In the second week, I’ll be sharing with you the songs…
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Turkish Music: Ajda Pekkan – 1960s

“Superstar” is her nickname… Ajda Pekkan has continued to contribute to the Turkish music scene without interruption from the early 1960s to the present day. This month, I’d like to do something a little different and dedicate the entire month to this remarkable artist. In the first week, I’ll be sharing with you the songs…
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Turkish Music: Sufle

Sufle is a Turkish rock and pop music band founded in 2012 by Göksu Taşçeviren and guitarist Mustafa Atik. The band gained fame through social media and remains popular among young people today.
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Turkish Music: Pinhânî

Founded in 2004, Pinhânî is a Turkish alternative rock band that gained nationwide recognition with their first album, ‘İnandığın Masallar’ (The Fairy Tales You Believe In), released in 2006.
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Turkish Music: Suzidil Saz Semaisi

“Suzidil Saz Semaisi” by Fahri Kopuz and Sedad Öztoprak is one of my favourite instrumental Turkish music pieces. This week, I wanted to explore how the same piece can sound different when played on three different instruments.
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Turkish Music: Arif Sami Toker

Born in 1926, Arif Sami Toker took music lessons from Sadettin Kaynak and Hafız Kemal Batanay, who were prominent composers, at a young age. After completing his education at the Istanbul Conservatory, he began performing at Tepebaşı Gazinosu, one of the famous venues of the time. In 1950, his fame spread throughout the country when…
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Turkish Music: Kani Karaca

One common characteristic shared by great musicians such as Jose Feliciano, Ray Charles, and Stevie Wonder is that they are blind. There are blind musicians around the world who have achieved remarkable success. Kâni Karaca is one of them. Karaca demonstrated a level of mastery that was difficult to approach, particularly in religious music but…
