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Local

Culture

The linguistic accent of people of Muğla depends on pho-
netic characteristics of four communities, namely Turkmen,
Noghai, Azeri and Tatar. This richness of Muğla accent is re-
flected to folk songs.
The people of Muğla have uttered their love, longing, grief,
hate, in short all of their emotions in their ballads. It can be
said that the main theme in the ballads of Muğla is death
mostly. “Ormancı”, “Çökertme”, “Bodrum Hakimi”, “Feraye”
and “Kerimoğlu Zeybeği” are among Muğla’s most famous
ballads and they all have been sung because of tragic losses.

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