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At the Ottoman Bank Museum
The 1950 Transformation in Turkey and Music

Aykut Köksal will be joining us at "Music and Politics" this week to discuss the impact of the 1950 political transformation on the production of music in Turkey. The lecture will be held at the Museum on Wednesday, April 20, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Aykut Köksal, who teaches at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, explains the transformation of 1950 as follows: "The 1950s transformation represents an important breaking point in Turkey, not only in its political history but also where the production of art is concerned. With this transformation, the nationalist culture policy of the center would lose its hold and an atmosphere of freedom would come to be reflected on all cultural production. In this period, where 1950s Modernism appeared with a common rhetoric in all art disciplines, the two main exponents of music in Turkey were İlhan Usmanbaş and Bülent Arel. Their music simultaneously shows a break from the nationalism of the first generation composers of the Republic and achieves synchronization with the West."



Aykut Köksal was born in 1952. After graduating from the Department of Architecture at the State Academy of Fine Arts, he began to teach at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Mimar Sinan University. In addition, Köksal teaches classes at the doctorate level in the Department of Musicology at the State Conservatory.

Köksal is publishing director for the magazine Dipnot published by the Faculty of Fine Arts and. among the founders of Açık Radyo for which he has produced a number of programs.To date, he has lectured extensively and participated in several symposiums Aykut Köksal's book, "Zorunlu Çoğunluk / Mimarlık ve Sanatta Dilin Süreksizliği," a collection of his writings from 1973 to 1993, was published in 1994. 		 
The Ottoman Bank Museum
35/37 Banks (Voyvoda) Street
(0212) 334 22 70

Voyvoda Street Lectures
Music and Politics

Aykut Köksal

The 1950 Transformation in Turkey
and its Effect on Music Production

Wednesday, April 20, 2005, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Free admission