Uluslararası Halkbilimi Araştırmaları Dergisi

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With the compilation works that began at the end of the 19th century, a large archive of folk music was formed and the compiled folk songs were re-produced and kept in circulation within the scope of applied folklore. Produced in oral environments in traditional culture, these products have met with production and consumption contexts such as records, radio, television and internet over time and have continued to exist in the modern world. Television has been the main source of information for the masses, as well as an effective means of acculturation, especially until recently, when broadcast platforms on the Internet began to attract attention. Turkish television broadcasting has produced works that attract attention in the international arena, especially since the 2000s. The television series Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisi, which was broadcast on Star TV between 2010 and 2013 and received its screenplay from Emrah Serbes's novel of the same name, has benefited greatly from folk songs on the contrary other Turkish tv series and has created an awareness of folk songs among its followers. In this article, the answer to the question of how the folk songs were used in the 78th episode of this series was sought. It has been determined that in the last 36 minutes of the series under consideration, 9 pieces originating from folk music were used and some of them had functions that directly shaped the narrative's fiction. In addition, a survey was conducted with a group of 40 people consisting of the audience of the series, and it was determined from the findings that there was an interest in this music genre among people who did not have any interest in folk music thanks to the series.