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Prof. Dr. Fırat KUTLUK


Fırat Kutluk is a Professor of Musicology, and received his PhD on “Cultural Analysis of Popular Music in Turkey” in 1994. In addition to participating in various conferences, seminars and symposiums, he has presented a series of lectures on “New Music” and “Music and Politics”. Between 1991 and 2009, he made a number of music programmes for broadcast, and has published the books Music History (1997) and Music and Politics (1997). The other books are: "In Which Direction is Music Heading?" Cultural and Cognitive Studies in Turkey" (2015), "Sexuality and Gender in Music" (2016) and "Illusion, Classical Music Adventure of the Republic" (2016). He is currently Principal of DABMER (Acoustic and Cognitive Musicology Research Centre).