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Making Music in Turkey<\/h2>\n
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by Ling Shien Bell<\/a>
\nposted April 26, 2012<\/span><\/h3>\n
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\nSinan’s family house<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n

We discovered Turkish classical music through our friend Sinan Erdemsel<\/span>. To the dellight of many music lovers, he has been coming to teach at Lark Camp<\/span> in Mendocino, California, for the past 10 years. He comes from a long lineage of Sufi musicians, and his family house, situated on Ummi Sinan Street in Eyup, Istanbul, is also a shrine where many of his ancestors rest in peace.<\/p>\n

Last summer at Lark, we told him about our recording project and he offered to help. The CD would feature various styles of Turkish music. Our friend Larry Klein<\/span>, featured oudist in Helm<\/span>‘s recording Spice Box<\/em>, is permanently settled in Istanbul, which made the whole idea even more attractive.<\/p>\n

In October, 2011 on our first night in Istanbul, Sinan took us to a fish restaurant where his friends were playing Fasil,<\/em> a popular style of in classical music commonly sung with friends and family. We were there to pick a few songs for the project. <\/p>\n

At the next table, a group of old friends were singing along vigorously and it was fun energy.<\/p>\n

We selected 3 Fasil songs. The first one, Beyoglunda Gezersin<\/em>, is about a lovely playful girl who is hanging out in Beyoglu, one of the municipalities of Istanbul. This area includes Istiklal Street, whose side streets are booming with night life, Taksim Square, and the T\u00fcnel area with its music shops and steep streets going down to the harbor.<\/p>\n

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