Studies in Popular Music
Edited by Ali C. Gedik
December 2017 | Routledge
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 AYTAR2. Entertainment Spaces, Genres, and Repertoires in Ottoman Musical Life
Ş. ŞEHVAR BEŞIROĞLU and GONCA GIRGIN3. A Topography of Changing Tastes: The 12-Tone Equal-Tempered System and the Modernization of Turkish Music
ALI ERGUR4. 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 ERGUN6. Class Struggle in Popular Musics of Turkey: Changing Sounds from the Left
ALI C. GEDIK7. The Glocality of Islamic Popular Music: The Turkish Case
AYHAN EROL8. 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 YILDIZ10. Kurdish Popular Music in Turkey
OZAN AKSOY11. 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 YARAR13. The Rise of a Folk Instrument in Turkish Popular Music: The Mey
SONGÜL KARAHASANOĞLU14. Global Connectivity and the Izmir Extreme-Metal Scene
AYKUT ÇEREZCIOĞLU
Coda
15. Turkish Popular Music in Global Perspective
MARTIN STOKES