Turkish Cultural Program

 Fuad played music from the following musicians: Atilla Ozdemiroglu, Ayyuka, Baba Zula, Barış Akarsu, Duman, Elektro Hafiz, Fahir Atakoğlu, Gaye Su Akyol, Gevende, Haluk Levent, Kök, mor ve ötesi, Nilipek., Nilüfer Yanya, Özlem Tekin, Pentagram, Peyk, Redd, Sufle 

As usual, the news has numerous interesting articles!

Ahmet played music from the following musicians: Fazıl Say, Kalben, Mansur Ark, Muazzez Abacı, Mustafa Kandıralı, Nalan Altınörs, Nil Burak, Ruhi Ayangil, Sabahat Akkiraz, Serap Mutlu, Serap Mutlu Akbulut, Tayfun Karatekin, Zeus Kabadayı 

In the news:

•  The Feast of Assumption commemorated at the house of the Virgin Mary in the Selçuk district of Izmir in Western Turkey.
• 34th Akbank Jazz Festival starts in September.
• Bozcaada Jazz Festival  starts in September.
• Istanbul Modern's new event.
• Sakıp Sabancı Museum is to have a new event: "Stage at the Museum"
• Istanbul Choir Festival.
• Ada Karası grapes harvest event between September 13 and 15.
• Progress in Bathonea excavations.

 Fuad played music from the following musicians: Altin Gün, Aylin Aslım, Erol Büyükburç, Fatma Turgut, Feridun Düzağaç, Gaye Su Akyol, Gevende, Gökçe Kılınçer, Los Super Seven, maNga, Minor Empire, Moğollar, mor ve ötesi, Nilüfer Yanya, Pentagram, Serhat, Teoman, VEGA 

In the news:

• Turkish inflation 101% in July.
• A lot more force flyers but no firefighting aircraft.
• A tropical leatherback turtle spotted near Istanbul.
• Sinkholes are increasing in Turkey.
• International Bodrum Ballet Festival starts.
• German painter, printmaker, and sculptor Georg Baselitz's works bill be in exhibition in Istanbul.
• The Akbank Short Film Festival accepting applications.
• 15-year-old Turkish pianist wins prizes at the Philadelphia Music Festival.
• Veteran theater actor Genco Erkal dies.
• 11,000-year-old carvings in southeastern Turkey may be a calendar.
• Archaeologists find the remains of a woman from 12,000 years ago. She may have been a shaman.
• A Zeus head exquisitely carved out of marble found in western Turkey.

 Ahmet played music from the following musicians: İnci Çayırlı, İrem Derici, İstanbul Devlet Türk Müziği Topluluğu, İzel, Jehan Barbur, Kamurak Akkor, Kamuran Akkor, Kenan Doğulu, Kerem Görsev, Orhan Osman, Şevval Sam 

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Also, in the news:

• Bodrum, Turkey's southwestern resort city on the Aegean, has become known for its diverse summer exhibitions. 
• Midyat underground city, dating back hundreds of years ago, revealing its secrets.
• Excavations continue at Nerik, a 3500-hundred-year-old ancient Hittite city.

 Fuad played music from the following musicians: Ajda Pekkan, Altin Gün, Ayten Alpman, Barış Manço, Duman, Erkin Koray, Fahir Atakoğlu, Fethi Taner, Kargo, Kıraç, Modern Folk Üçlüsü, mor ve ötesi, Nilipek., Nilüfer, Özlem Tekin, Selda Bağcan, Tarkan, Tuğçe Yegül 

In the news:

• Erdoğan expects an apology from the Palestinian leader.
• Türkeş cannot visit political prisoner Osman Kavala.
• People are leaving expensive and earthquake-prone Istanbul to other provinces.
• Turkey deport so Syrian trans woman and family and Islamic extremists kill her.
• Gov. of the Turkish central bank: "We will not reduce interest rates."
• Public transportation costs are going up in Turkey.
• President wants to collect debts from municipalities, opposition says he is taking revenge.
• President announces $30 billion incentives to bring high-tech.
• Renowned photographer Güler exhibition in Qatar.
• A documentary about Eastern Turkey is out.
• The Turkish youth Philharmonic Orchestra announces his 2024 tour.
• A Turkish jazz band will be at the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival in Russia.
• The Üsküdar district in Istanbul starts mobile playgrounds for kids.
• Furnishing and design show is coming to Istanbul in September.
• The world architecture Festival put's Istanbul's Artİstanbul Feshane on its short list for awards.
• Archaeologists discover a 3500-year-old receipt on a clay tablet.
• A laborer finds a Roman boundary stone in Eastern Turkey.
• Turkey announces that it brought back 19 articles smuggled out of the country.

 Ahmet played music from the following musicians: Celal Bakar, Fasıl-ı Jazz, İbrahim Tatlıses, İstanbul Devlet Türk Müziği Topluluğu, Kemal Gürses, Lisa Morrow, Mukadder Coruk, Olcay Köker, Ozan Doğulu, Sezen Aksu, Sibel Alaş 

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Emigration from Turkey increases while immigration decreases!

 Fuad played music from the following musicians: 3 Hürel, Altin Gün, Dinar Bandosu, Duman, Erkin Koray, Fahir Atakoğlu, Feridun Düzağaç, Fethi Taner, Gaye Su Akyol, Hardal, Melike Şahin, mor ve ötesi, Nilipek., Nilüfer Yanya, Redd, Sinağrit Baba, Tarkan, Vega.

In the news:

• The Istanbul Jazz Festival is continuing.  The festival hosts over 200 local and international artists in 40 concerts over 16 days. 
• Authorities ban exhibition By the 10th Istanbul Trans Pride Week Exhibition Collective.
• Turkish director Zeki Demirkubuz's 'Life' won the Best Feature Film prize at the second annual Mediterranean Film Festival's Golden Bee Awards in Malta. 
• Salt announces the artist that will receive the Research and Production Grant Program. 
• A booming Turkish TV drama industry captures hearts and minds worldwide and boosts tourism. 
• Kaitlyn McInnis of Forbes lists five of the best rooftop bars in Kadıköy, Istanbul.
• Archaeologists discover a new necropolis in Cappadocia in central Turkey. 
• Archaeologists find a royal Hittite cuneiform seal, which says "Whoever breaks this will die." 

 Ahmet played music from the following musicians: A Capella Boğaziçi, Ahmet Meter, Ahmet Toprak, Ajda Pekkan, Aysun Taşçeşme, Bestem Yuvarlak, Burcu Yeşilbaş, Enbe Orkestrası, Ismail Lumanovski, Mehmet Demirtaş, Müzeyyen Senar, Saffet Yıldız, Sukriye Tutkun, Ümit Ülperen 

In the news:

• An exhibition on the story of Turkey's Child Protection Agency starts.
• Hungarian cultural Institute in Turkey opens the Hungaricons exhibition in Istanbul.
• Topkapı Palace Museum will be open Saturday nights.
• Bozcaada Jazz Festival starts September 6, 2024
• Renowned American artist Doug Aitken to have an exhibition in Istanbul in September
• Scholars decipher the cuneiform tablets of Kalašma, an ancient language spoken once in northwestern Turkey.
• An ancient gold belt discovered 22 years ago goes on exhibition.

 Fuad played music from the following musicians: Altin Gün, Duman, Erkin Koray, Fahir Atakoğlu, Faruk Sabanci, Gaye Su Akyol, Gevende, Jehan Barbur, Lalalar, Melike Şahin, MFÖ, mor ve ötesi, Nilipek., Nilüfer Yanya, Pentagram, Sizzle Othaka, Tarkan, Tuğçe Yegül, Yalın 

In the news:

• Sertab Erener and Emre Kula were at  Enka Open Air Theatre 
• Writer-Drawer LATİF DEMİRCİ exhibition  at İş Sanat 
• Seal to perform at Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu 
• Fire near  the ancient city of Assos
• Excavations at İkiztepe Mound in the Samsun province restart

 Ahmet played music from the following musicians: Erol Köker, Great Republic Of South, Sahin Gültekin, Sarp Keskiner, Şevval Sam, Sibel Can, Sinan Özen, Smithsonian, The Shin, Timuçin Şahin, Tülay German, Zeki Müren, Zerrin Özer.

In the news:

• A 3300-year-old clay tablet surfaces in an excavation.
• A Roman armor restored.
• Ephesus museum wins an award.