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Turkish folk music (Turkish: Türk Halk Müziği) is the traditional music of Turkish people living in Turkey influenced by the cultures of Anatolia and former territories in Europe and Asia. Its unique structure includes regional differences under one umbrella. It includes popular music from the Ottoman Empire era.
Turkey has also seen documented folk music and recorded popular music produced in the ethnic styles of Greek, Armenian, Albanian, Polish, Azeri and Jewish communities, among others. [2] Many Turkish cities and towns have vibrant local music scenes which, in turn, support a number of regional musical styles.
List of Turkish Folk Music anonymous songs, songwriter uncertain (anonymous music), in accordance with the Turkish folk music (Turkish: Türk Halk Müziği) songs list.
Anatolian rock (Turkish: Anadolu rock), or Turkish psychedelic rock, is a fusion of Turkish folk music and rock. It emerged during the mid-1960s, soon after rock groups became popular in Turkey . Most known members of this genre includes Turkish musicians such as Barış Manço , Cem Karaca , Erkin Koray , Selda Bağcan , Fikret Kızılok ...
Fantezi is a Turkish classical music genre composed in Turkish pop music in accordance with the tradition of the Turkish people. Also called folk song or urban folk music, in its plural form is a Turkish music genre which has taken many forms over the years. Fantezi followed after the commercialization of Turkish classical music and Kanto music ...
"Köçek troupe at a fair" at Sultan Ahmed's 1720 celebration of his son's circumcision. Miniature from the Surname-i Vehbi, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul.. Kaşık Havası (Turkish: Kaşık Havası, lit. spoon tune) or Kaşık Oyunları (Turkish: Kaşık Oyunları, lit. spoon dances; Greek: Χορός κουταλιών) are folk dances mostly spread over the Mediterranean region and have a ...
The bağlama or saz is a family of plucked string instruments and long-necked lutes used in Ottoman classical music, Turkish folk music, Turkish Arabesque music, Azerbaijani music, Bosnian music (), Kurdish music, and Armenian music.
The Turkish makam (Turkish: makam pl. makamlar; from the Arabic word maqam مقام) is a system of melody types used in Turkish classical music and Turkish folk music. It provides a complex set of rules for composing and performance. Each makam specifies a unique intervalic structure (cinsler meaning genera) and melodic development (seyir). [1]