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The music of Turkey includes diverse elements ranging from
Central Asian folk music and music from Ottoman Empire dominions such as Persian
music, Balkan music and ancient Byzantine music, to modern European and American
popular music. In turn, it has influenced these cultures through the Ottoman
Empire. Turkey is a country on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and
is a crossroad of cultures from across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East,
the Caucasus and South and Central Asia. The roots
of traditional music in Turkey spans across centuries to a time when the Seljuk
Turks colonized Anatolia and Persia in the 11th century and before pre-Turkic
influences. Much of its modern popular music can trace its roots to the
emergence in the early 1930s drive for Westernization.
Elements of indigenous music mixed in varying amounts to
form a wide array of diverse styles. As the old Ottoman estate was a cultural
mix of immigrants and minorities, Turkey has also seen documented folk music and
recorded popular music produced in the ethnic styles of Armenian, Greek, Polish,
Azeri and Jewish communities, among others. Many Turkish cities and towns have
vibrant local music scenes which, in turn, support a number of regional musical
styles.
For more information, check out the following links.
Ref.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Turkey
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