TRABZON In Trabzon, the birthplace of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, the Kanuni Mehteran Band, founded 30 years ago under the Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality, continues to keep national and spiritual values alive with concerts at home and abroad. Named after Sultan Suleiman’s title “Kanuni” (the Lawgiver), the band was established in 1995 under the instruction of then-Mayor Asım Aykan. Giving its first concert in 1996 during the