Turkish folk dance
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Turkish folk dances are the folk dances of Turkey. Facing three seas, straddling important trade routes, Turkey has a complex, sophisticated culture, reflected in the variety of its dances. The domina
A group performing Bar
Women performing Halay
Children perform Horon
Children perform Zeybek
Kaşık Havası
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Kaşık Havası or Kaşık Oyunları are folk dances mostly spread over the Mediterranean region and have a varying structure of their arrangement, performance, rhythmic, and melodic characteristics. They a
Turkish folk dance
…Erzurum province, Halay in the central, southern, eastern, and southeastern parts of the country, Hora in Thrace, Horon in the eastern Black Sea region, Spoon dances in and around Konya, and Lezginka in Kars and Ardahan are some of the best known examples of these. With their structure and formation, they are the…
"Köçek troupe at a fair" at Sultan Ahmed's 1720 celebration of his son's circumcision. Miniature from the Surname-i Vehbi, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul.