THE COMPARISON OF BURHAN FELEK AND REFİ' CEVAD ULUNAY'S VIEWS ON TURKISH MUSIC

Abstract

One of the main topics of studies on the sociology of music in Turkey is the debate on Turkish music. This subject was frequently discussed in the press of the Republican period and the writers of the period were involved in these debates on Turkish music. Among these writers, Burhan Felek (1889-1982) and Refi' Cevad Ulunay (1890-1968) have an important place. Born in the late 19th century and educated in the culture of Istanbul, Burhan Felek and Refi' Cevad Ulunay became acquainted with Turkish music at a very early age and participated in the musical assemblies of the period. Burhan Felek and Refi' Cevad Ulunay, who started journalism in the Constitutional Monarchy period, worked as columnists in the Republican period press for many years and expressed their opinions on various issues through the press. One of the subjects Felek and Ulunay addressed was Turkish music. This study aims to introduce and compare the opinions of Burhan Felek and Refi' Cevad Ulunay on Turkish music and to make a contribution to the literature on Turkish music debates. Inline with this aim, Burhan Felek's and Refi' Cevad Ulunay's writings on Turkish music have been accessed by researching newspapers, and the articles obtained have been evaluated and interpreted comparatively by making sense of them in the context of Turkish music debates. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.