A Philosophical assessment on criticisms of "ideology" to the Turkish music reform

The music reform, which was realized in the early years of the Republic, has felt its impact in many areas of life from education to everyday life to the present day. The studies effected on this subject are merged in the opinion that the young Republic of Turkey is making these reforms on the axis of “ideology” to an extent that cannot be underestimated. According to critics, the Republic of Turkey has faced to the West due to the “nationalist ideological” policies pursued and has become alienated from its own culture. Towards the principles of the music reform, the Turkish Art Music belonging to the Ottoman was abandoned and the compilation of Turkish folk songs and their arrangement in Western technique constitute the reason for this alienation. However, this alienation manifests itself as a cultural reflection of the Western-elitist ideology. Critics claim that everything that belongs to the music revolution, in terms of its ideological nature, also entails a number of negative consequences. The aim of this study is to make a philosophical analysis of the concept of ideology, to object to the criticisms that base the music reform on ideological foundations, and to suggest that the music reform consists of idealistic principles, not ideological ones. Therefore, in opposition to the view that the music reforms of the Republic are alienated from their own culture in terms of being “ideological”, the claim has been put forward that they are based on their own self-culture in terms of being “idealistic”.