Istanbul Ekspres: Zeynep Bakşi Karatağ

Ticket sales start on Wednesday, November 28 at 2 p.m.
This concert takes place in De Centrale

Everyone every year, Istanbul Ekspres celebrates a cheerful and intense party with Turkish music in Ghent. This eleventh edition also promises to be special. Under the special circumstances, the Centrale and the Handelsbeurs present a compact program, but no less filled with Turkish cordiality and strongly spiced melodies that make the heart sing.

Zeynep Bakşi Karatağ >

Zeynep Bakşi Karatağ's music is a mix of many genres such as pop, rock, soul, electronica and of course traditional Anatolian music.

Zeynep Bakşi Karatağ released several singles in 2019, of which Adaletin bu mu dünya is by far the most popular with more than 9 million hits on Spotify.

"My first record Mozaik was kind of an adventure for both me and my husband. We started making music without knowing where it might lead us. We thought it would be great to share all these old and taking traditional songs to a different, more modern level, which can also be interesting for a younger generation. And I think a lot of people were surprised to hear these songs in a completely different way. The response was overwhelming and encouraging. So we decided to move on…”