The story of the band Altin Gun begins with an old record from the '70s. JASPER VERHULST: Seven or eight years ago or something, I just started collecting music from basically all around the world.

The pioneering music legend modernised folk songs to appeal to a new generation of Turks and was a cultural ambassador for ...

Ertas, who was taken to hospital last week, was receiving treatment at oncology service of the Medical Park Hospital in western Izmir province. Ertas died in the hospital on Tuesday. Born in central ...

High on Fire are keeping it fresh, with guitarist Jeff Matz delving into some Turkish folk influences on the band's new Cometh the Storm album, and on Full Metal Jackie's weekend show, he offered up ...

Turkey is often considered the crossroads where Europe meets Asia. Even the capital city, Istanbul, straddles both continents. So perhaps it’s not surprising that Anatolian rock (AKA Turkish ...

Katibim is an 18th or 19th-century Istanbul urban folk song known as Uskudara Gider Iken The melody spread across Balkans, Middle East, and South Asia, evolving in many languages A 1902 recording and ...

It is not typical to hear Anatolian rock and Turkish folk in the Netherlands. But it's that culture clash that gives Altin Gun such a unique sound. Now the group has released its third album. Zeynep ...

The story of the band Altin Gun begins with an old record from the '70s. JASPER VERHULST: Seven or eight years ago or something, I just started collecting music from basically all around the world.