BALIKESİR HÜMA HATUN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BURDUR HIGH SCHOOL IN BURDUR

Folk music is currently one of the most popular genres in Turkey. It is performed in daily life in its traditional, orally transmitted form but it has also become a commercial phenomenon, with a new wave of young singers performing the traditional songs in new orchestrations on TV and on disc. Turkish folk music is dominated by the sound of the saz, a long-necked lute which comes in various sizes and with a varying number of strings.    

Somewhat away from the mainstream, a number of musicians began to try to reconcile Anatolian folk and Western rock. As the Anadolu (Anatolian) Rock movement gathered pace, the music became increasingly politicized, with singers such as Cem Karaca.

At the heart of Turkey’s resolutely mainstream indigenous pop scene is one figure: Sezen Aksu. Having released around twenty albums since 1975, she is still very popular, mainly for her love songs, and at her concerts the audience can sing the lyrics to each and every one by heart. Aksu’s “students” dominated the Turkish pop scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Among the singers are Eurovision winner Sertab Erener and teen idol Tarkan.