The Republic of Love

Klappentext Presents the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren! arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay! and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Using these three singers as a lens! the author examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its public life. Zusammenfassung Presents the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren! arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay! and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Using these three singers as a lens! the author examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its public life.

Auteur

Martin Stokes is University Lecturer in ethnomusicology at the University of Oxford and a fellow of St John's College, Oxford. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Arabesk Debate: Music and Musicians in Modern Turkey.

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Presents the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Using these three singers as a lens, the author examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its public life.