Türk Müziği Tarih Yazımında Avrupa Merkezci ve Milliyetçi İdeolojilerin Mehter Örneklemi Üzerindeki Yansımaları

Since the beginning of the 19th century, the process and writing of the history of Turkish music are under the influence of two philosophies that are expected to be opposite philosophically, on the one hand, Eurocentric and on the other hand, nationalist. When we look at the recent history, it is seen that this effect directs not only the way music is made, but also the concept of writing its history. One of the strongest traditions in the history of Turkish culture, mehter is one of the most concrete examples of the mentioned effect. It is possible to follow the traces of nationalist and Eurocentric ideologies in the most obvious way, especially in articles on military music in music periodicals. The magazines, which have been published with a focus on music since the 1920s, are important sources showing the theories of these ideologies in the historiography. Therefore, these magazines are the main references sources of this study. The purpose of the study is to follow the ideology that works under the influence of the era on the mehter sample to understand and transfer the music and history.