Ahmet Ertegün

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17th May 2018 , By Boulent Mustafa

Karsu concert to honour music legend Ahmet Ertegün with homage to Atlantic Records’ greatest artists

On 30 May, singer and pianist Karsu will be live at the Cadogan Hall in London. She revisits the legacy of Turkish-American music mogul Ahmet Ertegün, performing the songs of some of the greatest artists he signed to his seminal Atlantic Records. Supported by a 4-piece band comprising drums, trumpet, guitar and double-bass, Amsterdam born […]

Features

22nd January 2018 , By İpek Özerim

How a Turkish ambassador broke the race barrier in segregated America

Last week, a lesser known but important story broke on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It involved Turkish ambassador Münir Ertegün, who served in the United States of America between 1934 and 1944, a time when racial segregation was the norm for Americans. At the turn of the twentieth century, although slavery had been abolished, […]

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Karsu concert to honour music legend Ahmet Ertegün with homage to Atlantic Records’ greatest artists

How a Turkish ambassador broke the race barrier in segregated America

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