Türkiye’de Folk Müziğin Öncü Seslerinden Esin Afşar: Müziğinin Kökenlerine, Kaynaklarına ve Anısına Dair A Leading Voice of Folk Music in Turkey, Esin Afşar: About Origins of Her Music and Her Memory

An evaluation about Esin Afşar who is an important figures of folk music and passed away in 2012 and origins of her music takes place in this study. Folk Music developed as a different branch of Anatolian Rock which discussed much in Turkey. It sees great interest for a period but because of the political and economic developments and the mouvement of new music stream Folk Music is shaped as a declined music stream. Esin Afşar has been one of the names moving out of the way of Tülay German. She has taken place in political arguments as an intellectual and has been in civil movements. She also evaluated this in her music. In this study Esin Afşar’s identity of music and importance in cultural life is evaluated.