Monocle

Istanbul musician Melike Sahin’s literary lyrics and stage presence have helped create a modern diva

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 ...
The Washington Post

Here’s a video of Turkish protesters singing a song from ‘Les Miserables’

Don't ask me how they got a piano into Taksim Square, but this video shows a group of young demonstrators in the Istanbul protest center singing "Do You Hear the People Sing?" The song, from the 1980 ...
Rolling Stone

In Turkey, Protest Sounds Like a Rock Song

After the protests were broken up in Saraçhane, a historic square in Istanbul, Professor Aslı Tunç descended into the metro, thinking she’d left the street noise behind. On the platform, a man stood ...