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Rap Music in Turkey: Grobalization vs. Glocalization in Communicating Political Messages and Dissent

Rap Music in Turkey: Grobalization vs. Glocalization in Communicating Political Messages and Dissent
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Author(s): Didem Buhari-Gulmez (Istanbul Kemerburgaz University – Altınbaş, Turkey)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 17
Source title: Music as a Platform for Political Communication
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Uche T. Onyebadi (Texas Christian University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1986-7.ch011

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Abstract

Benefiting from the theoretical debate between grobalization and glocalization, this chapter aims to shed light on the emerging role of rap music as an alternative venue for political communication in a polarized country, Turkey. The chapter will discuss the political contributions of the selected underground Turkish rappers – Norm Ender, Sagopa Kajmer and Rapzan Belagat – on the public debate in the country about identity, human rights, and other socio-political issues that go beyond the traditional “Kemalist versus Kurdish”, “Kemalist versus Islamist”, and “Islamist versus Kurdish” divide. This study suggests that the Turkish rap and its varieties reflect a complex set of interactions between the local and the global in line with the glocalization approach.

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