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Oral transmission, which is the subject of many studies on cultural memory, often finds its place in the form of local music and fairy tales. In the transfer of cultural memory through generations, the areas where ritualistic practices are performed with the combination of the aforementioned local music with local clothes are important places as memory places. In this study, Cyprus Songs, as the transmitters of the cultural memory of Northern Cyprus, was examined with the content analysis method, one of the qualitative research methods. Cyprus Songs 5 (October 2020), the latest publication of the Cyprus Songs Associations (KIBHAD), which operates in Northern Cyprus and aims to protect the Cypriot folk music, has been included in the study. Published in three languages (Turkish, Greek and English), Cyprus Songs 5 is important for both communities to understand each other and contribute to their meeting at a common cultural point with the unifying power of music. Based on the general principles used in content analysis for the lyrics of a total of 10 (n = 10) songs, the analysis categories were determined by information theory. Looking at the general findings of the study in this way, the song ‘My Cyprus’ is the song with the richest expressions in the context of cultural memory place.

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