Halk turkülerimizi, anonim kabul edilip (beste tiirkiiler harig) ticari amaclarla
higbir telif ticreti odenmeden kullamlmakta hatta ezgi ve sozleri de zaman zaman
degiştirilmektedir. Makalede, tiirkiilerin telif haklarimn belirlenip Kültür ve Turizm
Bakanhgmca toplamp, halk miizigimizin yayilmasi, geli§mesi ve muhtag sanatgilara
yardim işlerinde kullamlmasi konusunda sanatgi Yavuz Top’un, halk bilimcilerin,
halk §airlerinin 1997 ve 1999 yillarindaki sonugsuz kalan giri§imlerinin belgesi
sunulmaktadir.
Our folk songs are considered anonymous (except the compositions by a wellknown artist) and paid no royalties and also their music and lyrics are changed from
time to time. In 1997 and 1999 an artist, Yavuz Top, folklorists and folk poets
attempted to make The Ministry of Culture and Tourism to collect the royalties and
use them to flourish our folk music and help the artists in need. In the article, a
document is presented about those failed efforts in 1997 and 1999.