Sarıkamış Destanı
Date and time
Europe/Istanbul time
CSO Ada Ankara - Bankkart Mavi Salon
Talatpaşa Bulvarı No: 38, 06330 Opera, Altındağ, AnkaraShow on the mapAdmission
Check official details
About this event
Sarıkamış Destanı is a commemorative Turkish folk music concert at CSO Ada Ankara on Monday 21 December 2026 at 20:00 in the Bankkart Mavi Salon. The concert remembers the soldiers who died in the Sarıkamış Operation, which began on 22 December 1914 during the First World War. According to the venue, the evening tells of the heroism, suffering, longing and love of homeland connected with Sarıkamış through folk songs (türküler), poems and laments. The concert is directed by Ahmet Mustafa Yelden, conductor of the Ankara State Turkish Folk Music Chorus, and features the vocalist Uğur Demirci. Ali Bektaş presents the programme, and the Turkish folk music vocalists Nilgün Kızılcı, Selma Geçer, Günay Şimşek and Ömer Faruk Güney join the line-up, together with the folk poet-minstrel Aşık Mustafa Aydın. The Bankkart Mavi Salon is one of the halls of CSO Ada Ankara, the concert complex that is home to the Presidential Symphony Orchestra, on Talatpaşa Bulvarı in the Opera quarter of Altındağ. Practical notes: tickets are sold through Biletinial, which the venue links from its event page.
Event images
Image 1 of 1
Checked sources
- CSO Ada Ankara event pageChecked 2026-11-11
Pass it on
Share this page
Send this Ankara guide to someone who will find it useful.