Turkey: Istanbul’s Bird-Keepers Vie for the Perfect Tune
June 17, 2014 - 12:00pm, by Alexander Christie-Miller
On a sweltering Istanbul afternoon, some 60 or so men sit in rapt silence inside a café, its doors and windows shut tight against street-noise. Besides the tinkling of tea glasses, the only sounds are those emanating from the mysterious cloaked boxes placed before the audience – the trilling of birdsong.
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