Kaşık Havası
Kaşık Havası ( tr, Kaşık Havası, spoon tune) or Kaşık Oyunları ( tr, Kaşık Oyunları, spoon dances; el, Χορός κουταλιών) are folk dances mostly spread over the Mediterranean region In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin (; also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea) is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and wa ... and have a varying structure of their arrangement, performance, rhythmic, and melodic characteristics. They are always rendered with wooden spoons and the characteristic measure is or . The instruments used are beast bow (later violin), baglama and clarinet, in general, they are accompanied by folk songs. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kasik Havasi Turkish folk music Turkish folk dances ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mediterranean Region, Turkey
The Mediterranean Region ( tr, Akdeniz Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Antalya. Other big cities are Adana, Mersin, Hatay and Kahramanmaraş. It is bordered by the Aegean Region to the west, the Central Anatolia Region to the north, the Eastern Anatolia Region to the northeast, the Southeastern Anatolia Region to the east, Syria to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Subdivision * Adana Section ( tr, Adana Bölümü) **Çukurova - Taurus Mountains Area ( tr, Çukurova - Toros Yöresi) **Antakya - Kahramanmaraş Area ( tr, Antakya - Kahramanmaraş Yöresi) * Antalya Section ( tr, Antalya Bölümü) **Antalya Area ( tr, Antalya Yöresi) **Göller Area ( tr, Göller Yöresi) **Taşeli - Mut Area ( tr, Taşeli - Mut Yöresi) **Teke Area ( tr, Teke Yöresi) Ecoregions Terrestrial Palearctic = Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands = * Central Anatolian steppe = Mediterranean forests, woodland ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Turkish Folk Music
Turkish folk music (''Türk Halk Müziği'') is the traditional music of Turkish people living in Turkey influenced by the cultures of Anatolia and former territories in Europe and Asia. Its unique structure includes regional differences under one umbrella. It includes popular music from the Ottoman Empire era. After the foundation of the Turkish Republic in 1923, Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ordered a wide-scale classification and archiving of samples of Turkish folk music from around the country, which, from 1924 to 1953 collected around 10,000 folk songs. Traditional folk music was combined with Western harmony and musical notation to create a more modern style of popular Turkish music. History and development Western music had begun to influence Ottoman music from before the early Tanzimat period. According to Degirmenci "the first westernization movement in music happened in the Army; in 1826 Giuseppe Donizetti, brother of the famous opera composer Gaetano, w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |