The mission of the Sakarya University State Conservatory, Department of Musicology, is to cultivate competent musicologists who embrace Turkish and Western music traditions as mutual assets and examine both systems through a holistic approach encompassing theoretical, historical, and cultural perspectives.
Our department aims to:
Train researchers capable of dual-perspective thinking by offering a simultaneous curriculum of traditional Turkish music theory and Western music theory and forms.
Produce academic outputs capable of international representation by analyzing local values through universal scientific methodologies.
Blend folklore, ethnomusicology, and systematic musicology within the axis of these two great traditions through an interdisciplinary approach.
Develop projects that preserve the local identity of music while maintaining scientific validity on a global scale.
Our vision is to become one of Turkey's most prestigious and innovative musicology departments, successfully implementing a hybrid model of Turkish and Western music education and establishing an academic bridge between Eastern and Western musical cultures.
In line with this vision, our goals are:
To create a unique educational school where the modal (maqam) and tonal systems do not exclude, but rather nourish each other.
To conduct pioneering studies that perform acoustic and theoretical comparisons of these two systems using digital musicology and music technologies.
To graduate world-class researchers and academics who are proficient in both musical languages at a level that contributes to cultural diplomacy.
To serve as a scientific focal point in the pursuit of a synthesized musical culture, utilizing the cultural diversity of Sakarya as a living laboratory.
