A late March snow descends on a modest farmhouse in central Anatolia. An oil stove hisses away inside, as afternoon gives way to twilight. A heavyset man with a thick black mustache adjusts his cap, ...

Turkish singer Aysenur Kolivar performs a song called Norhars Ellim. Turkish singer Aysenur Kolivar was in Chicago for a fellowship program with the Old Town School. She collects and performs music ...

The 500-year reign of the Ottoman Empire was the most pervasive — and progressive — influence over Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the upper Arab peninsula. Though the dissolution of the empire and ...

In a sunny courtyard in the city of Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey, an audience listens intently as Mihemede Nenyasi sings of love, war and intrigue. The 64-year-old Kurdish market trader cannot read ...

A late March snow descends on a modest farmhouse in central Anatolia. An oil stove hisses away inside, as afternoon gives way to twilight. A heavyset man with a thick black mustache adjusts his cap, ...