Street music in Izmir in the context of the relationship between the space and music

In this research, the reasons of the street music practices, which are widely seen in the city of Izmir in the recent years, are studied within the frame of the place and the music connection. The aim of this research is to analyze the ongoing popularity of street music practices, and to project a wide perspective on the issue. The data used for this research are collected by skimmimg the music literature, having observations and dialogues with the third parties, and consequently is interpreted. In the first part of this research, the history of street music and its worldwide importance and impacts on today?s world are studied, and geographically categorized. The street music?s effects on today?s economical and social structures are explained within the basis of cause and effect relationship. While showing the conflict between the state and the public, the research also studies the publics? social transformation through street music practices. The second part of the research focuses on the concepts such as; the place, the property, the community, the state, and the law. By the use of these concepts different cases, and examples of the street musicians from all over the world and their social and economical status in the community are explained. Additionally, the street music and its musicians? relationships with the state and the private sector are explained and correlated to the above mentioned concepts. The third part of the research gives an insight to how the street music practices start in the ?Turkish World? and how it arrives to Izmir. It also studies the street music practices in the city of Izmir and where the street musicians are located in the changing mechanism of music production and consumption. The changing and improving roles of the street musicians, the audience, and the state are also explained in this section.