Istanbul Feast

The music in the Istanbul restaurant during the month of Ramadan plays while people dine. A singer, accompanied by a synthesizer and darbuka perform for the costumers. People are clapping and dancing along. Turkish music and literature form great examples of such a mix of cultural influences, which were a result of the interaction between the Ottoman Empire and the Islamic world along with Europe, thus contributing to a blend of Turkic, Islamic and European traditions in modern-day Turkish music and literary arts.