BAU 18 March Çanakkale Bus Hits the Road

On the 100th anniversary of the Çanakkale Victory, the program "A Song of Freedom – The Çanakkale Epic", to be held with the contributions of Bahçeşehir University (BAU), will meet audiences in many provinces of Türkiye with a concert, gramophone record and poetry recitals, a sand art performance, a photography exhibition, documentary films and the participation of Çanakkale War Veterans.

The program stands out with Çanakkale War folk songs brought to light for the first time, the Çanakkale Martyrs' Gazels performed by Ayda Sönmez, the first female gazel singer of the Republic, and Suzan Yakar, played from gramophone records, and Çanakkale folk songs performed by young people from Kosovo; it also features hymns, all dedicated to the Çanakkale Martyrs, with Amir Ateş, one of the most important living composers of Turkish classical music and Sufi music.