ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author emphasizes that they do not entirely agree with a commonly-convened academic schema, and discusses the changes in musical tastes and practices as a function of modernization is concerned. It argues that the technical mutations throughout modernization that gave rise to temperament and their socio-historical circumstances have also applied to the evolution of Ottoman/Turkish Makam music. The nineteenth century also saw a rise of popular tastes, both as a response to the modernizing trend of the urban population, and as a symptom of the fact that music was gradually becoming a product of capitalistic activities. During the 1980s, more or less in synch with the capitalist world evolving into a neoliberal one which focused on social relationships as well as economy-related ones, Turkey began a relatively accelerated period of social change. This time, syntheses of musical genres were not only national, but also reflected global influences.
