Bonded to their instruments, and committed to their friendship, Turkish band Taksim Trio are three like-minded souls, that have come together through music. Featuring three of Turkey’s most in-demand ...

Romanian band Balkan Taksim have spent years exploring the folk music of rural villages and updating it for the electronic generation. Now they’re dismayed to see right-wing politicians seeking to ...

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ISTANBUL—What do a German pianist supporting antigovernment Turkish protesters and the country's police force have in common? Taksim Square. After a fierce crackdown that cleared the square on Tuesday ...

Nestled within the meticulously renovated "Maksim" theatre and music hall, a cultural heritage dating back to the 1920s, Sofitel seamlessly intertwines French art-de-vivre with Turkish warmth at the ...

Taksim means "improvisation," and this trio featuring master instrumentalists (Hüsnü Şenlendirici on the clarinet, Ismail Tunçbilek on the baglama and Aytaç Doğan on the quanun) revels in surprising ...