Armenian music was played for the first time in Turkish parliament

PanARMENIAN.Net - Great Armenian composer Sarkis Efendi’s music was played during a break between Grand National Assembly of Turkey conferences. This was the first time it happened in Turkish parliament, more accustomed to classical European music, Milliyet reported.

Sarkis Efendi was born in 1885 to a family of Istanbul-residing Armenian musician. In 1930 he emigrated to Paris, where he died in 1944.

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