Turkish Cultural Program 2024.08.10

Turkish Cultural Program

Fuad played music from the following musicians: Altin Gün, Aylin Aslım, Erol Büyükburç, Fatma Turgut, Feridun Düzağaç, Gaye Su Akyol, Gevende, Gökçe Kılınçer, Los Super Seven, maNga, Minor Empire, Moğollar, mor ve ötesi, Nilüfer Yanya, Pentagram, Serhat, Teoman, VEGA

In the news:

• Turkish inflation 101% in July.
• A lot more force flyers but no firefighting aircraft.
• A tropical leatherback turtle spotted near Istanbul.
• Sinkholes are increasing in Turkey.
• International Bodrum Ballet Festival starts.
• German painter, printmaker, and sculptor Georg Baselitz's works bill be in exhibition in Istanbul.
• The Akbank Short Film Festival accepting applications.
• 15-year-old Turkish pianist wins prizes at the Philadelphia Music Festival.
• Veteran theater actor Genco Erkal dies.
• 11,000-year-old carvings in southeastern Turkey may be a calendar.
• Archaeologists find the remains of a woman from 12,000 years ago. She may have been a shaman.
• A Zeus head exquisitely carved out of marble found in western Turkey.