OZAN VE SEYYAH: BARIŞ MANÇO’NUN SOSYOLOJİK PORTRESİ
MINSTREL AND TRAVELLER: A SOCIOLOGICAL PORTRAIT OF BARIŞ MANÇO

Summary/Abstract: Music is more than just a combination of sounds, notes, and instruments. It can convey memories, emotions, the past, the future… all of which make it so very human. It evokes sociological and historical realities. Therefore, any sound that is echo’s in one’s ear takes them on a journey beyond music itself. Turkey’s own Barış Manço managed to accomplish all of that, and more. He was the country’s unofficial minstrel, who drew upon all that Turkish culture had accumulated, only then to give that back to the people through a modern musical vehicle that did not stray heavily away from tradition. His music, to this stay, is still loved by millions. Its social-cultural impact more over still echoes generations onwards. He travelled Turkey far and wide in order to achieve that, and to promote Turkey, to Turks – making sure not to be a tourist but rather a student of every place he visited. Barış approached Turkish music as both a local and a foreigner, synthesizing native insight with Western academic training – only to accentuate what united – not divided – both.

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