Public Operetta Community and its place in Turkish music history

In this study, which examined Public Operetta Community (POC) and its place on Turkish music history, it was examined with historical approach that historical development of opera and operetion forms, It was determined operetta communities, westernization movements' theatrical and musical direction starting from the date that these forms entered in Ottoman Empire. Also, in this study, giving the operetta communities' and POC's operetta representations choronologically, every represented operetta has been discussed in light of information reached to detect the community's place in term of Turkish music history. It has been reached a result in the direction of all data handled and in comparison with other operetta communities, by taking full advantage of the work, POC's place in Turkish music history has been assessed with the sampled data in "Result" section.