The Tümata Group conducted a training session on music therapy—based on the Rahmi Oruç Güvenç approach—for music therapy students at Istanbul Medipol University.

TÜMATA held a concert for the business community at the iftar dinner organized by DEİK on May 30, 2018, at the Lütfi Kırdar Congress and Exhibition Center in Istanbul.

As the TÜMATA caravan traveled from the Altai Mountains to Anatolia, passing through region after region, it brought healing, love, spirituality, and friendship to the paths it traversed. Those who came to watch the concert also got their share of it.

TÜMATA (Turkish Music Research and Promotion Group) also met with the people of Ankara on March 17, 2018, with the “Concert of Love, Friendship, and Healing: From the Altai Mountains to Anatolia.” The concert took place at the Turkish-Russian Friendship House, located in the Hamamönü...

The opening of the Ankara Mevlevi Lodge took place during the week commemorating Mevlana on the Night of Union (Şeb-i Arus). At the opening, semazen dancers from Turkey, Germany, Iran, and Russia performed the sema during a concert organized by TÜMATA (the Turkish Music Research and...

The 12,000- to 14,000-year-old figures of dancing humans at Gobustan, the 6,000- to 8,000-year-old figures of dancing humans near the city of Hotan in East Turkestan, the 4,000-year-old Pazyryk zither, and the 1,200-year-old Göktürk bowed lute all attest to the richness of musical...

Music is both a unifying element of national culture and one of the most important tools for passing it on to future generations. Its use for therapeutic purposes dates back a very long time.

It was cold. Everyone was already walking around in coats anyway. Since we were being cautious, we put on our overcoats and the like. When we got off the plane, Russian soldiers greeted us.

Rumi, who sought to resolve divisions and differences, strives in his teachings to show the path to unity through various metaphors and his accumulated knowledge.

When we explore the roots of Turkish culture from a musical perspective, we arrive at very important conclusions that can be brought to light through modern scientific explanations. With this in mind, let’s embark on a journey through art, history, and science to evaluate the Turkish...