Recep Guclu on saz and Ali Cemdak sings at the Toprak Music store on Galip Dede Street by Beyoglu.
A cafe with a performance stage in the lively Kadikoy district on the Asian side of Istanbul. Bars and restaurants have reopened as Turkey pulls out of the Covid-19 pandemic's third wave, but the musicians feel unfairly singled out. AFP
Vedat Sakman, a veteran artist who rents a cafe with a performance stage in the lively Kadikoy district on the Asian side of Istanbul, practises on drums in Istanbul. AFP
Musicians Roni Aran and Herman Artuc, members of the ethnic instrumental music band of Fungistanbul, perform with instruments made by materials collected from landfills, at a recycling depot in Istanbul. Reuters
Amateur musicians play in the Istanbul metro during a performance ban due to the Covid-19 sanitary restrictions in Istanbul. AFP
Women attend the performance of musician Ozge Metin, left, in Istanbul. AFP
Having run out of options to pay the bills, Turkish pop singer Seref Erdeniz sold his guitar. AFP
Recep Guclu on saz and Ali Cemdak sings at the Toprak Music store on Galip Dede Street by Beyoglu.
A cafe with a performance stage in the lively Kadikoy district on the Asian side of Istanbul. Bars and restaurants have reopened as Turkey pulls out of the Covid-19 pandemic's third wave, but the musicians feel unfairly singled out. AFP
Vedat Sakman, a veteran artist who rents a cafe with a performance stage in the lively Kadikoy district on the Asian side of Istanbul, practises on drums in Istanbul. AFP
Musicians Roni Aran and Herman Artuc, members of the ethnic instrumental music band of Fungistanbul, perform with instruments made by materials collected from landfills, at a recycling depot in Istanbul. Reuters
Amateur musicians play in the Istanbul metro during a performance ban due to the Covid-19 sanitary restrictions in Istanbul. AFP
Women attend the performance of musician Ozge Metin, left, in Istanbul. AFP
Having run out of options to pay the bills, Turkish pop singer Seref Erdeniz sold his guitar. AFP
Recep Guclu on saz and Ali Cemdak sings at the Toprak Music store on Galip Dede Street by Beyoglu.