Antalya Halkevi Güzel Sanatlar Şubesi Faaliyetleri

Abstract

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who was based on the public since the years of the War of Independence, formed the new state he founded in behalf of public, for the interests of public and made the revolutions accordingly.However, after the closure of the Free Republican Party in 1930, the national tour and the Menemen incident led him to see that the revolutions were not adopted by the people and that the clash between the intellectuals and the people continued since the Ottoman Empire, so he had the community centers established on February 19,1932 to explain, make the revolutions adopt and eliminate the intellectal-public clash.The establishment of 9 branches within the community center was also agreed to grow citizens who combine national and universal values in the community centers. These branches were ranked according to the degree of importance given in the instruction and the Fine Arts Branch took its place as the second branch after, Language, Literature and History Branch.Atatürk had this branch established to develop art in these lands which didn’t develop for years, to create interest in art in the public and to protect those who are talented. The Antalya Community Center took its place in the second group among the opened community houses and was opened on June 24, 1932 with its 9 branches. In this article, the music and painting activities of the Antalya Community Center Fine Arts Branch were wanted to be revealed.In the preparation of the study, Republic Archive, Republican People's Party activity reports and brochures, Turkish Mediterranean Magazine issues published by Antalya Community Center, local newspapers and studies were used and the identified works were evaluated by using the document review model, one of the qualitative research methods.