Abstract:

Trade union movements, the first examples of which emerged in England as a product of the industrial revolution, were established as workers' solidarity and solidarity organizations within the framework of capitalist production relations with the political and economic developments in the 19th century. Turkish trade unionism, on the other hand, began to emerge in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Ottoman Empire without being linked to a class movement. In the early years of the Republic, the trade union movement, which could not progress to the desired extent due to the social and political conditions of the period, became active again in the period between 1947-1950 after World War II. Afterwards, new regulations were made in the field of trade unionism with the 1961 Constitution, and in parallel with this, the number of trade unions, especially those established as professional organizations increased. One of these unions, the Union of Turkish Music Artists (Müzik-iş), was founded in Ankara in January 1965 by seventy Turkish music artists. Founded as a national union affiliated to the Türk-İş Confederation, Müzik-iş opened branches in Izmir and Istanbul in the same year and in Gaziantep in 1966. In March 1968, the newspaper Müzik-iş (Müzik-iş), the publication organ of the union, was started to be published and only seven issues were published. In this study, the Müzik-iş Trade Union, which has an interesting place in the history of Turkish trade unionism, is analyzed. During the evaluation, Müzik-iş Newspaper, the publication organ of the union, was utilized. In addition, the Ottoman Archive of the Prime Ministry, the Republican Archive of the Prime Ministry, the Minutes of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the Official Gazette, and related works of research on the subject were also utilized.

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