Akbank Jazz Festival, which is one of the longest running festivals of Turkey, brought worldwide renowned jazz artists together with music lovers.
During the festival, which covered the city with different colors of jazz for three weeks between the, 3rd and 21st of October 2012, 63 concerts were performed in 10 cities with the participation of 300 artists. The festival was full of workshops, panels, competitions, jazz brunches, Jazz at the Campus and Jazz at the High Schools Workshops in addition to the rich concert program.