Zeybeks in Greek music culture in Türkiye: the example of Imroz-Gokceada

The importance of Darülelhan and the subsequent compilation tours in the Republican period is of great importance for the creation of the Turkish Folk Music repertoire. These compilation tours constitute a large part of today›s Turkish Folk Music repertoire. It is noteworthy that there were no non-Muslims as source persons in the compilation activities. We believe that Folk Music culture is not composed of people of a certain nationality or belief; but of the geography that is home to that culture; and that the sphere of influence of cultural elements is beyond the political borders that change in historical processes. Folk music genres with a wide range of performance areas have been more affected by this situation. As a result of our research, it was detected that most of the local people living in the Gokceada region of Çanakkale are non-Muslims and that no musical field research has been conducted in this region before. The lack of studies in the region has led to the lack of scientific determination of information such as the society›s connection with music, which instruments they use, and which genres are performed more in this region. It is thought that this study conducted in Gokceada is important in terms of identifying and recording the musical characteristics of that region. The study was conducted with the field research method in the Gokceada region. The findings were obtained by using the interview method with the source person identified as a result of the research. The musical culture of the Gokceada region was analyzed by using a qualitative research model. Four findings were obtained in line with the works performed by Timoleon Caknis, a Turkish citizen of Greek origin who performs the traditional music of Gokceada, and it was determined that the findings were in the «zeybek» genre. The obtained works were recorded during the interview. After the interview with the source person was completed, dictations of the works were made. The notes were written with the MuseScore4 program. The study is considered to be important in terms of carrying out field research and compilation trips, which are relatively neglected today, in an area that has not been visited before; determining that the zeybek genre exists even in the westernmost part of the country; recording the collected works before they are forgotten by the people living in that region; and contributing the four zeybek works to the music culture of the region and the Turkish Folk Music repertoire. It is suggested that more studies should be conducted in this field and new field research should be created.