Made in Turkey

Studies in Popular Music

Edited by Ali C. Gedik


December 2017 | Routledge

turkey

 

Introduction

Struggling with and Discussing a “Republic” through Popular Music
ALI C. GEDIK

 

Part I: Histories

1. Legacies, Continuities, and Breaks: Musical Entertainment in the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires and the Republic of Turkey
VOLKAN AYTAR
2. Entertainment Spaces, Genres, and Repertoires in Ottoman Musical Life
Ş. ŞEHVAR BEŞIROĞLU and GONCA GIRGIN
3. A Topography of Changing Tastes: The 12-Tone Equal-Tempered System and the Modernization of Turkish Music
ALI ERGUR
4. Music Reform in Turkey: On the Failures and Successes of Inventing National Songs
ÖZGÜR BALKILIÇ

 

Part II: Politics

5. The Golden Microphone as a Moment of Hegemony
LEVENT ERGUN
6. Class Struggle in Popular Musics of Turkey: Changing Sounds from the Left
ALI C. GEDIK
7. The Glocality of Islamic Popular Music: The Turkish Case
AYHAN EROL
8. Politics of World Music: The Case of Sufi Music in Turkey
KORAY DEĞIRMENCI

 

Part III: Ethnicities

9. Ethnic Spaces and Multiculturalism Debates on Popular Music of Turkey
BURCU YILDIZ
10. Kurdish Popular Music in Turkey
OZAN AKSOY
11. Romanistanbul: City, Music, and a Transformation Story
ÖZGÜR AKGÜL

 

Part IV: Genres

12. Arabesk: Looking at the History of Popular Meanings and Feelings in Turkey
BETÜL YARAR
13. The Rise of a Folk Instrument in Turkish Popular Music: The Mey
SONGÜL KARAHASANOĞLU
14. Global Connectivity and the Izmir Extreme-Metal Scene
AYKUT ÇEREZCIOĞLU

 

Coda

15. Turkish Popular Music in Global Perspective
MARTIN STOKES

 

Afterword

16. Days of Anatolian Pop: A Conversation with Cahit Berkay
TAYFUN BILGIN