British Council in Türkiye and Kreşendo (former Beats by Girlz Turkey) have collaborated to develop the ‘My City, My Voice’ project within the WOW Sounds programming of WOW Istanbul festivals for women artists in Turkey, as part of the ‘Women Power in Culture’ programme. Starting with WOW Istanbul's second edition in 2022, the programme continued to prosper in 2023 and 2024.
A total of 55 women identified musicians from İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Muğla, Balıkesir, Bursa, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Kocaeli as well as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Serbia participated to the programme, completing online music production training by Kreşendo and having the opportunity of being mentored by UK musicians Mandy Wigby, Lizzy Ellis from Saffron Music, Natalia Mamcarczyk (aka Walya), and Kate Lowes, Holly Phelps, Lucy Wallace and IORA of Brighter Sound, Manchester.
Please see the programme details for each edition at the links below: