INVESTIGATION OF THE CULTURAL AND MUSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE BALKAN COUNTRIES

Marches are literary and musical works which have a very important place in the spiritual values of the nations and which have a symbolic characteristic like "flag" and reveal the common feelings, excitement, coexistence and minimal cultural, political and political characteristics of the nation. The national anthems are usually played on many international platforms in the festivals and celebrations of the countries. They are national pride of countries which are protected by the national laws. The Balkan geography is referred to as Western Europe, where late transnational experience and wars have been waged for years. In this study, national anthems of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Greece were discussed. With the Thracian region is referred to in the Balkans of Turkey. Therefore, Turkish National Anthem was included in this study. In the study, the political and cultural changes of the national anthems of the selected sample group and the basic elements and words related to the music form were analyzed and compared