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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MZK 3004	HISTORY OF TURKISH POPULER MUSIC:FROM THE 1950 TO THE PRESENT	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	3

Offered By

Department of Musicology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYKUT BARIŞ ÇEREZCIOĞLU

Offered to

Music Sciences
Music Technology
Musicology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to explore cultural and musical aspects of Turkish popular music from the historical perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:
2	discuss the matrix of popular culture in the context of Turkish case from the historical perspective, and, recognize the relationship between popular music practices and other aspects of popular culture in Türkiye,
3	explain that there is an important relatioship between international popular music forms and Turkish popular music styles,
4	discuss Turkish arabesk with its socio-cultural dinamics and its musical components in detail.
5	explain the orientations and tendencies of Turkish popular music in relation to official and commercial mass media
6	recognize the relationship ideology and music in the context of popular music practices in Türkiye (ülkücü (nationalistic), devrimci (revolutionary ) and Islami (islamic) pop.
7	discuss Rap and Metal music in Türkiye in the glocal axis

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction: Jazz scene in Türkiye
2	The age of Rock and Roll and its effects in Türkiye
3	The `aranjman' period in Turkish popular music
4	The anatolian pop/rock
5	The tension between the TRT and the market, and the adventure of Eurovision in Türkiye
6	Arabesk in Türkiye from the socio-cultural and musical perspective
7	Pop-arabesk, arabesk-pop
8	Tavern in Türkiye in the context of space-music
9	The commercial mass media in Türkiye
10	Popular music and ideology: `ülkücü' (nationalistic) pop and 'devrimci' (leftist) pop in Türkiye
11	Islamic popular music in Türkiye
12	Hip-hop culture in Türkiye
13	Metal music in Türkiye
14	Mid-term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Dilmener, Naim (2003). Bak Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş, Istanbul: Iletişim Yay.
Erol, Ayhan (2002). 'Popüler bir ikon olarak Zeki Müren'. Biyografya, 3, (43-99).
Erol, Ayhan (2002). 'Türkiye'nin Sosyo-Kültürel ve Müziksel Değişim Atmosferinde Bir Aşık Mahzuni'. Folklor/Edebiyat, :32, (275-286).
Erol, Ayhan (2002). Popüler Müziği Anlamak, Istanbul: Bağlam Yayınları.
Meriç, Murat (2006). Pop Dedik. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları.
Özbek, Meral (1991). Popüler Kültür ve Orhan Gencebay Arabeski, Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları.
Stokes, Martin (1998.) Türkiye'de Arabesk Olayı, Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları.
Ünlü, Cemal (2004.) Git Zaman Gel Zaman. Istanbul:Pan Yayınları.

Additional Sources:
Audio and vidieo materials

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course informs students about important historical moments and the mainstreams of Turkish popular music.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	ATT	ATTENDANCE
4	FIN	FINAL EXAM
5	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + ATT * 0.10 + FIN * 0.30
6	RST	RESIT
7	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + ATT * 0.10 + RST * 0.30

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

%70 attendance is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Ayhan EROL
aerol@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

ptesi:13.30-16.30
perş:15.30-16.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	1	12
Preparation for midterm exam	1	4	4
Preparation for final exam	1	6	6
Preparing assignments	1	11	11
Preparing presentations	1	4	4
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.3	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.14
LO.1		5			1	1
LO.2	1	5		1	1	1
LO.3		5			1
LO.4	1	3			1
LO.5	1	3	3		1
LO.6	1	5	1		1
LO.7	1	1	3	1	1

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Description of Individual Course Units

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Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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