From The Artuks To The Present Music Culture and Musician Mardin

The name of the ancient Greeks as op “Mesopotamia” was the subject of many legends in history. The city of Mardin, founded on the top of a mountain overlooking the Mesopotamian plains, hosted many civilizations in the historical process. Every civilization left its mark on Mardin. Mardin, which hosts many different civilizations, has created a cultural richness in this sense. In Mardin, where the voice of azan interfered with the sound of the bell, and people approached each other with tolerance, music became new as a result of the interaction of cultures. The dominance of Arab culture, as in other cultures, came to the fore as well. Kurdish, Turkish and Syriac cultures follow the Arab culture in Turkish music. Music is the relation of meaning between sounds. Culture is the sum of the values that the living society creates. Musical culture is the meaning of societies experiences through voices. Many M？sik？ cultures have been formed in Mardin until the present day from the Artuks to the present day. The aim of this study Artukids musical culture in today’s era of Mardin and to specify the musicians raised in this culture