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The Ulus newspaper dated December 28, 1934, reported that the Soviet Russian literary magazine Novy Mir printed the impressions of Lev Nikulin, who spent about two months in Turkey. The article, which is said to be describing "New Turkey", described the author's cordial and vibrant articles about Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir. This study focuses on the writings of Nikulin about the city of Ankara, which he visited in the middle of his tour of Turkey, and how the Soviet writer conveyed the founding dynamics and the ideology of the Republic to his readers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When the life story of master Arif Sami Toker is considered as one of the most important composers of Turkish music, it is seen that he devoted himself to Turkish music throughout his life. Master Arif Sami Toker who left an indelible mark on Turkish music history with his works, gave hundreds of concerts, trained hundreds of students and organized dozens of tours. In spite of technological difficulties, it is determined that he prepared records for education of Turkish music enthusiasts and in a sense, he provided students music education with record. These records are titled "Arif Sami Toker’s Descriptive Turkish Music Courses-Maqams” and "Arif Sami Toker's Descriptive Turkish Music Courses-Rhythms" and are about 15 minutes long. The aim of the study is determined as the introduction and examination of the aforesaid record. The main topics of Turkish music and Western music are discussed comparatively in these records. It is seen that Arif Sami Toker used sound recording facilities of the record to the end and in the best way and also benefited from Turkish music instruments where necessary. With these recordings, which he prepared both theoretically and practically, he made the music education courses more qualified and recorded his name in the history of Turkish music as the first name who gave Turkish music education with record. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]