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To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the historic Friendship Treaty between Hungary and Türkiye on Dec. 18, 1923, the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM).
Türkiye has a long legacy with music and a lot of love for it, from orchestral music to distinct instruments and unique styles that are still remembered.
Given that he was excoriated by Joseph Goebbels as an 'atonal musician' whose work debased German womanhood, it is hardly surprising the noted composer and violinist found the general artistic climate in the Third Reich increasingly uncongenial. While his talents were greatly appreciated during the resulting sojourn in Turkey, where he was Kemal Atatürk's chosen instrument to modernise Turkish music, his was hardly an uneventful life
In 1936, Hungarian composer and musicologist Bela Bartok embarked on a journey to Türkiye, exploring the common heritage between Hungarian and Turkish.