Turkish singer Muslum Gurses, a national legend for his mournful, melancholy lyrics and contributions to arabesque music, will be remembered this week at an Istanbul cemetery, as Tuesday marks the ...

"Sons of Muslum Baba", a documentary film on the late Turkish singer, Muslum Gurses, will be screened May 9-16 at Yesilcam Cinema, Istanbul. Gurses, nicknamed "Muslum Baba", who was adored by many for ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The popular Turkish singer Muslum Gurses, adored by many for his melancholic, Arabic-inspired songs, has died. He was 59. Deniz Sener, a cardiologist at Istanbul’s Memorial ...

Gurses drew on an Eastern musical tradition in a post-Ataturk country where officialdom consciously set out to embrace Western ways. As a result his music, which was banned from the radio in 1981-82, ...

Christmas is always busy at Mediterranean Specialty Foods, a deli and grocery at 1824 Commercial Dr. in Vancouver. So owner Murat Gurses ordered a container of special goods from his native Turkey. It ...