Examining protest music in the process of 68 generation youth movements

The youth movements, which swept through the world, started in the early 1960s and continued until the mid-1970s, experienced their most intense period in 1968. These movements, initiated by workers and students, started serious political and social tension spreading to almost all countries of the world like a wave. This situation, which affected many countries; from America to England, China to Senegal, and Israel to Czechoslovakia, caused great uprisings in our country. These movements, advocating for student rights at the beginning, wanted improved and equal education. The demand for equal living conditions all over the country, later followed the masses and turned into political and social movements, causing serious incidents in our country. This process of events, which affected the youth of the world with its revolutionary structure, took its place in the records as the year that shook the globe, especially in 1968. In order to defend their rights and freedoms in the changing world, this path, which was started with the desire for a more just and equal life, later got its share from the contrasts of right-left, strong-weak, educated-ignorant, and rich-poor. Although this rightful resistance, initiated by the anti-imperialist youth in our country could not reach the desired result, it has left traces and scars that have survived to the present day. In this process, young people who want to make their voices heard both in the world and in Turkey have enabled the emergence of different music genres. After these events, a new direction was given to music. This genre, which will be born in the country, has emerged by blending our traditional folk melodies, where the themes of rebellion, labor, rights, and freedom are intensely handled. Anti-imperialist and mostly leftist ideologies conveyed all kinds of issues they wanted to express to the masses with this music. This type of music, which was created by staying true to our traditional music, was called Protest/Opposition/Original music.