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The exhibition, the fourth Hungarian memorial site in Turkey, was opened by Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertugrul Gunay and Hungarian Minister of Culture and Education Istvan Hiller, the Hungarian ministry's press office said in a statement.
Bartok collected Turkish folk songs in Anatolia for two weeks in November 1936. He visited altogether 14 localities to record the songs of 30 performers on phonograph.
Bartok's instructions helped a lot in launching the systematic collection of Turkish folk music.
The exhibition covers Bartok's preparations for the mission, the tour itself and the results of collection.
According to the statement, the Hungarian memorial sites in Turkey - the Rakoczi Museum in Tekirdag, the Kossuth Museum in Kutahya and the Thokoly Memorial House in Kocaeli - considerably help deepen Hungarian-Turkish bilateral relations.
Late on Monday, as part of his visit to Turkey, Hiller opened the refurbished Rakoczi Museum in Tekirdag.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
