IMM to Keep the Name of Famous Composer Alaeddin Yavaşça on the City Lines Ferry

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, famous composer and state artist. Dr. Alaeddin Yavaşça's name will be lived in the City Lines Ferry.

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Council held its ordinary meeting in October. In the meeting, the famous composer and state artist. Dr. The proposal of Alaeddin Yavaşça to be kept alive in the City Lines Ferry was discussed.

TURKISH MUSIC LIVING TILE

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, who discussed the proposal, famous composer and state artist. Dr. He unanimously accepted the offer of the name of Alaeddin Yavaşça as a steamboat belonging to the IMM subsidiary City Lines. Thus, Yavaşça's name, one of the living planes of Turkish music, will be lived on a cruise ship serving thousands of passengers between two continents every day.

PROF. DR. WHO IS ALAEDDIN SLOW?

The valuable artist, who has made an irreplaceable contribution to Turkish music with hundreds of compositions, instruments, and works in his divine form, has been awarded nearly 300 awards so far. He was born on 1 March 1926 in Kilis. After finishing Kilis Kemaliye Primary School and Kilis Middle School, he started his high school first class boarding at Konya High School, completed his 2nd and 3rd Grades at Istanbul Boys High School and graduated in 1945. He won the entrance exam to Istanbul University and started the Faculty of Medicine. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1951. He worked as a doctor and manager in many hospitals.

600'S LOVE BEST

Professor Dr. Alaeddin Yavaşça's music life started with Western music violin lessons when he was still one year old at 8. The fact that he met with Turkish music seriously coincides with the years when he studied in Istanbul Erkek High School. During his years at the Faculty of Medicine, the university choir and soloist of the choir opened the doors to the radio. In 1950, he won radio exam and he joined the family of Istanbul radio.

Alaeddin Yavaşça, who composed his first work in 1951, has more than one 600 composition as a religious and non-religious instrument. He has a wide range of compositions ranging from ayin-i şeriften to a children's song. He gave concerts in many countries such as America, England and Germany. Alaeddin Yavaşca was awarded the title of Honorary Doctorate by the University of Gaziantep, Elazığ Fırat University, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, İTÜ and Erzurum Atatürk University.