The Effect of Greek And Rum Identities Living in Anatolia Geography on Greek Music

Abstract

The different naming of societies in different regions was thought to be related to their beliefs in the geography they lived in, their jobs, or their ethnic origins in social history. A similar situation exists for the Greeks, who have lived in Anatolian lands for numerous years. Because the majority of Byzantines were Orthodox Christians, they were all referred to as Romans, regardless of ethnic origin. During the Turkish rule, the Romans were given the name Rum which means Pontic, and it was used to describe all Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman period, regardless of ethnicity. Until Greece acquired independence, the Ottoman Empire referred to them as Rum. The Greek communities living in different regions within the Ottoman Empire have played a significantly influential role in the existence of a shared culture. The Greek and Turkish populations living together in Anatolian lands have influenced each other through sharing folk dances, songs, and activities, and they have continued to preserve this culture in the regions they migrated to due to historical reasons. This research aims to examine the influence of Greek and Rum identities, which existed in the Anatolian region, on Greek music. The research is a descriptive study. The literature on the subject was scanned using the document analysis method, which is one of the qualitative research methods, and as a result of the scanning, information about how the Greek and Rum identities who lived in Anatolia were formed and was tried to establish a link between their traditional music.