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The Essay

Postcards from Istanbul

Episode 5: Huzun

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Writing from Istanbul today, academic Maureen Freely reflects on 'huzun', the great feeling of melancholy described by Orhan Pamuk that seemed to envelop the city of her youth. Show more

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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