Editing Music of Turkey (section)

==== Aegean and Rumeli regions ====
[[Rumelia]] (or ''[[East Thrace|Trakya]]'') refers to the region of Turkey which is part of [[Southeast Europe]] (the provinces of [[Edirne Province|Edirne]], [[Kırklareli Province|Kırklareli]], [[Tekirdağ Province|Tekirdağ]], the northern part of [[Çanakkale Province]] and the western part of [[Istanbul Province]]). Folk songs from this region share similarities with Balkan, Albanian and Greek folk musics, especially from the ethnic minorities and natives of [[Thrace]]. [[Northern Cyprus|Cypriot]] folk music also shares folk tunes with this region, e.g. the Çiftetelli dance. These types of folk songs also share close similarities with Ottoman court music, suggesting that the distinction between court and folk music was not always so clear.<ref name="lesartsturcs"/><ref name="ottomu"/> However, folk songs from Istanbul may have been closely influenced by its locality, which would include Ottoman rakkas and court music.

Cities like [[İzmir]] share similar motifs, such as the [[zeybek dance]].