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Emre Aracı

Emre Aracı, Turkish composer, conductor, and historian

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Born
December 22, 1968
Age in 2026
58
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1968

About Emre Aracı

Emre Aracı (born 22 December 1968) is a Turkish music historian, conductor, and composer. In 2000, the orchestra established the Emre Aracı Composition Prize, which is annually awarded to student composers. During his years in Edinburgh, Aracı founded the Edinburgh University String Orchestra. With funding from the Türk Ekonomi Bankası, between 1999 and 2002 Aracı was a research associate at the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, University of Cambridge, studying European music in the Ottoman Empire.

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Emre Aracı timeline

  1. With funding from the Türk Ekonomi Bankası, between 1999 and 2002 Aracı was a research associate at the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, University of Cambridge, studying European music in the Ottoman Empire.
  2. In 2000, the orchestra established the Emre Aracı Composition Prize, which is annually awarded to student composers.

The world when Emre Aracı was born

Emre Aracı was born in 1968. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1968

  • #1 song"Hey Jude" – The Beatles
  • Top movie2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Top TV showRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  • Best-selling bookAirport – Arthur Hailey

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBob Beamon shatters long jump record at Mexico City Olympics
  • Top headlineMLK and RFK assassinated
  • Technology milestoneDouglas Engelbart demonstrates the computer mouse
  • Defining fadTie-dye everything
  • Notable inventionComputer mouse (Douglas Engelbart)
  • World population3.55 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championDetroit Tigers (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population200.7M

1968 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Emre Aracı's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19682026
Gas$0.34$3.45/gal
Average home$15,600$435,000
Average income$10,300$67,500
Minimum wage$1.60$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.31$11.95
Postage stamp$0.06$0.73
Population200.7M341 million

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