On November 6, Turkish pianist, composer, musician and conductor Timur Selçuk passed away due to a heart attack. He was 74. The son of Münir Nurettin Selçuk, an important composer and singer of ...

When we think of the term "virus," we equate it with human disease or an infection, as in a computer virus. But consider the musical virus known as free jazz, or improvisation. Its origins can be ...

Gaye Su Akyol has revived a style of music once thought deeply uncool, and she uses it to comment poetically on her country. By Alex Marshall ISTANBUL — The Turkish rock star Gaye Su Akyol took the ...