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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
SOS246 - Sociology of Popular Music in Türkiye IV. SEMESTER 3 +0 4.5
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Area Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) ÖĞR. GÖR. DR. KAZIM DEMİRER
Mode of Delivery Oral Expression
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Prerequisites There are no prerequisites.
Courses Recomended Sociology of Art, Music History, Sociology of Music, Sociology of Culture
Recommended Resources M. Özbek (2000). Popüler Kültür ve Orhan Gencebay Arabeski, İletişim YayınlarıC. Sermet. (1999). Cazın İçinden, Pan Yayınevi, D. Hatch & S. Millward (1992). “Blues’dan Rock’a”, Korsan YayınA. Erol (2002). Popüler Müziği Anlamak, Bağlam Yayıncılık, 2002.F. Kutluk (Der.). (2018). Cumhuriyetin Müzik Politikaları, H2O YayıncılıkN. Dilmener. (2003). Hafif Türk Pop Tarihi, “Bak Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş”, İletişim YayınlarıC. Canbazoğlu (2009). Kentin Türküsü: “Anadolu Pop Rock”, Pan YayıncılıkC. Yurga (2002). 20. Yüzyılda Türkiye’de Popüler Müzikler, Pegem YayınlarıM. Meriç. (2006). “Pop Dedik” Türkçe Sözlü Hafif Batı Müziği, İletişim YayınlarıM. Stokes. (2020). Türkiye’de Arabesk Olayı, İletişim YayınlarıM. Stokes. “Aşk Cumhuriyeti” Türk Popüler Müziğinde Kültürel Mahrem. Koç Üniversitesi YayınlarıM. Meriç. (2017). 100 Şarkıda Memleket Tarihi. Ağaçkakan YayınlarıO. Tekelioğlu (2006). Pop Yazılar: Varoştan Merkeze Yürüyen “Halk Zevki”, Telos YayıncılıkP. Wicke (2006). Mozart’tan Madonna’ya Popüler Müziğin Bir Kültür Tarihi. YKYS. Alimdar (2016). Osmanlı’da Batı Müziği. İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Relationship between Music and Society
Week - 2 The Emergence and Development of Popular Music in the World
Week - 3 Development Process of Western Music in the Ottoman Period
Week - 4 Early Genres: Cantos and Operettas
Week - 5 Music and Institutionalization of Music Education in the Early Republic Period
Week - 6 Tango and Jazz in Türkiye
Week - 7 Introduction of Rock and Roll Music to the Country and Its Development Process
Week - 8 Transformations in Recording Technologies
Week - 9 The Emergence of Turkish Pop Music, First Samples and Arrangements
Week - 10 Anatolian Pop-Rock Movement
Week - 11 Social Foundations and Effects of Arabesque Music
Week - 12 Pop Music Explosion in the 1990s
Week - 13 Incorporation into the Globalization Process after the 2000s
Week - 14 Music Media and Fanzines in Türkiye

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