SUMMARY
The purpose of this study is to bring the mesk tradition, which was almost the only valid method of transmission in the Ottoman period, into today’s world once again and in a multilateral manner, by revealing the semantic world, moral fabric and philosophical elements on which music, one of the most deep-seated branches of Turkish art, relies. The study uses a two-stage approach that includes theoretical and practical aspects. The philosophical understanding on which this genre of music relies (one that places an emphasis on moral as much as musical perception) is addressed through references from the Ottoman period in the first section. However, the fact that the deliberative and systematic revitalization of tradition, which plays a crucial role in the transformation of society by today’s amenities, is a key requirement in moral and professional terms for the young generation. This led to the second aspect of the study and an investigation of the practices that would revitalize the tradition. The question of what kind of advantages this crucial tradition of training that prevailed during the Ottoman period would bring to Turkish music, in the event of it being revitalized using today’s amenities, was answered from various aspects within the scope of this research, using action research that lasted four months. In the study the students’ progress was monitored from various standpoints and data analysis based on thematic content analysis, revealing that elements of the mesk tradition transformed a lack of motivation into a will to work; professional concerns into fun and hope; timidity into social achievement and pleasure; monotonous approaches into creativity, and technical difficulties regarding instruments into technical solutions among the students. ÖzetBu çalisma, Türk sanatinin en köklü dallarindan biri olan müziginin anlam dünyasini, dayandigi manevi dokuyu ve felsefi unsurlari ortaya koyarak Osmanli döneminin neredeyse tek geçerli aktarim yolu olan mesk gelenegini, bugünün dünyasina yeniden ve çok boyutlu olarak tasimayi hedeflemektedir. Çalisma, teorik ve uygulamali olarak iki ayakli sekilde planlanmistir. Manevi duyusa en az müzikal duyus kadar önem veren bu müzigin dayandigi felsefi anlayis, Osmanli dönemi kaynaklari üzerinden birinci bölümde ele alinirken, toplumu dönüstürme noktasinda önemli bir rolü olan bu gelenegin bilinçli ve sistemli bir sekilde bugünün olanaklariyla canlandirilmasinin, genç nesil için manevi ve mesleki açidan önemli bir gereklilik olmasi ikinci ayagin, gelenegi yeniden canlandirma uygulamalari ekseninde yürütülmesine neden olmustur. Osmanli döneminin bu önemli egitim geleneginin, bugünün imkanlari ile yeniden canlandirilmasi halinde Türk müzik egitimine ne gibi avantajlar saglanabilecegi sorusu, bu arastirmada alti ay süren bir eylem arastirmasi ile çesitli yönleriyle cevap bulmustur. Çalismada, ögrencilerin gelisimleri çok yönlü olarak takip edilmis ve tematik içerik analizine dayanan veri çözümlemelerinin neticesinde, mesk gelenegine ait unsurlarin ögrencilerde, motivasyon bozuklugunu çalisma istegine, mesleki endiseleri eglenceye ve umuda, çekingenlikleri sosyal basari ve hazza, monoton yaklasimlari yaraticiliga, sazlarina yönelik teknik güçlükleri ise teknik çözümlere dönüstürdügü görülmüstür.