The
music of Turkey includes diverse elements ranging from
Central Asian folk music to influences from
Arabic music,
Byzantine music,
Greek music,
Ottoman music,
Persian music,
Armenian music, and
Balkan music, as well as references to more modern European and
American popular music.
Turkey is a country on the northeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and is a crossroad of cultures from across
Europe,
North Africa, the
Middle East, the
Caucasus and
South and
Central Asia.