Geçiş halinde müzik: İstanbul'daki Keldani-Iraklı göçmenlerin müzik pratikleri

There has been a mass emigration from Iraq that gained speed following the 2003 invasion, eventually reaching four million people. Even though not all of those fleeing were Christians, the Christian communities constituted some of the ethnic groups who were severely affected by the ongoing situation in the country. This study takes a multi-dimensional look at the musical practices of the community, including the sacred-secular, performance-listening, and professional-amateur features of them. In regards to the musical practices, the differentiations between the permanent and temporary migration constitute the core of the study. In this respect, while pointing out these differences, I discuss the applicability of the theoretical framework of the migration studies in ethnomusicology that focus on the permanent migrant communities and their musical production.