One of Turkish rap’s biggest artists Murda will finally be performing in London this December. The Turkish-Dutch rapper had been due to play the O2 Brixton Academy in February, but the event was among the concerts cancelled after the venue was closed by the authorities following the fatal crowd crus...
One of Turkiye’s successful pop stars of the past decade, Simge Sağın, will be performing a single date in London this autumn. The Istanbul-born classically trained singer, who is of Turkish-Albanian heritage, will be live at the Islington Assembly Hall on 8 October. Sağın launched her pop career...
The term ‘musical legend’ is overused, but in the case of Erkin Koray it is entirely justified. The free-spirited, guitar-playing singer-songwriter is one Turkiye’s most significant artists of the past 60 years; a pioneer of Anatolian and psychedelic rock, the composer of some of Turkiye’s most memo...
British pop star Robbie Williams is set to play his first ever gig in Turkiye this week, but the cost of a ticket is beyond the affordability of most of his Turkish fans. Williams, 49, will be performing at the Lujo Hotel Bodrum overlooking Güvercinlik Bay on the Aegean, on Thursday, 17 August. The...
If you love world jazz and fancy a cool weekend getaway in September look no further than the Aegean island of Bozcaada and its annual three day jazz festival. Accessible by sea – a short ferry ride (40 mins) from either Geyikli or Çanakkale – this cosy island measures just 37 square kilometres and...
Musically impossible to pigeon-hole, Lalalar’s sound is a futuristic mash-up straddling punk rock, Anatolian psychedelic funk, and dirty electronic beats. Iggy Pop is a fan, describing them as “Turkey’s most innovative alternative artists”. The band’s name is adapted from the Ottoman word ‘Lālā’ (m...
One of Turkiye’s biggest stars of hip-hop and trap music, Ezhel will be performing for one night only in London at the start of 2024. The rapper, who made his name as one of the faces of Turkiye’s counter-culture, using his fresh lyrical style to reflect Anatolian city life, will hit London on the b...
One of Turkiye’s biggest indie rock stars, Emre Aydın, will be back in Britain in October for an exclusive date at London’s O2 Academy Islington. The singer-songwriter, whose accolades include winning ‘Europe's Favourite Act’ at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008, has penned a host of hit songs, incl...
One of Turkiye’s biggest rappers, Uzi, will be performing an exclusive London concert at Indigo2 this autumn. Utku Cihan Yalçınkaya, better known by his stage name Uzi, has been making waves since releasing his debut album Kan [Blood] in 2021, which spawned hits “Krvn" and "Umrumda Değil”. Kan was...
British Turkish Cypriot Erol Alkan has been making waves in his many creative guises, whether it be DJ, producer, label owner, club promoter, radio host or collaborator. In a career spanning decades, Alkan’s history as a champion of alternative and electronic music culture, reads “almost like mytho...
