Music streaming company Spotify is to open an office in Istanbul in June, with its new general manager for the region calling Turkey a “priority market”. “Opening an office in Istanbul is not a ...

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.

Turkey’s music scene is so vibrant and eclectic that many Western stars are unheard of here. This homegrown dominance became even more unassailable in the mid-2010s when a period of political ...

For Ahmet Atmaca, the imam of the historic Bebek Mosque, life is a rhythmic journey that oscillates between the spiritual ...