Analysis of Anadolu Rock music represantatives in Turkish Pop music culture and folk songs existing in their art

This study observes representatives of the Anadolu Rock Music and their repertoires of Turkish folk music. For this purpose, Turkish pop music was focused on, and information about this process is given in detail from its beginning untill present. Based on the popular music concept, music style named "Anadolu pop/rock" which has initial samples in the first half of the 1960' s, lost its impact in a period but improved in significance once more from the beginnig of 1990' s. Reappearance of this deserves attention which is related with various social and music events for appearance or the contrary. In this context, Anadolu Rock music and its representatives are observed to perform a successful creativity untill 2000' s and difficulties they are faced with are stated in detail. Dealing with Anadolu Rock music and its representatives, this study collects Turkish folk music existing in rock music performers' albums from archives of turkish folk music notes in TRT (Turkish Radio And Television Association) chamber of music, observes previous studies about this subject, takes opinions of experts and develops an evaluation scale for analysis of folk music. In accordance with the collected data, evaluation scale is used, analysis is displayed with tables and graphics in detail. Key Words: Anadolu Rock, Rock Music, Turkish Folk Music, Popular Music, Constructional Music Analysis