This article was originally written in Turkish and has been translated into English with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). The translation may contain errors; the original Turkish version is the authoritative text.
It is not hard to imagine how many difficulties art lovers in our country have faced in recent years, as have those who work in the arts, whether as amateurs or as professionals who earn their living from it. Yet in one of his speeches Mustafa Kemal Atatürk said: “A society that has lost its art has lost one of its vital arteries.” Art is one of the most important contributions to keeping a society vigorous and to raising its cultural level.
People who work in demanding environments, who live under constant stress and who are affected by the noise and polluted air of the city deserve to live in comfort and peace. At the same time, it has become unavoidable that these people need training if they are to communicate with one another clearly and properly, to be understood, and to succeed in the virtual world. Homemakers want to sing the songs and folk songs they sing while cooking or cleaning in a more informed, more technical way. People want to live more healthily by using diaphragmatic breathing. After a hectic working day, people want to release their stress not by shouting or by violence, but by singing or playing a musical instrument. Likewise, those whose profession involves speaking or singing (teachers, broadcasters, politicians, singers and so on) are looking for ways to use their voices for long periods without tiring. Those who serve as religious officials want to use their voices better. Since the Turkish Music Conservatories began offering training, singers without formal qualifications in many settings have had no difficulty in grasping how much easier singing is with a trained voice. In this way they have freed themselves from the hoarseness, polyps, vocal cord gaps and nodules they had suffered from for years.
And look how the famous Chinese philosopher Confucius described the fact that societies living in a country without art and without education are doomed to disappear. The philosopher was asked:
“If you were called upon to govern a country, what would be the first thing you would do?” The thinker replied: “Without any doubt, I would begin by examining the language. If language is flawed, words cannot express thoughts well. If thoughts are not expressed well, the things that must be done are not done properly. If duties are not carried out as they should be, custom and culture decay. If custom and culture decay, justice goes astray. If justice goes astray, the people fall into confusion and do not know what to do. That is why nothing is as important as language.”
Language is of the utmost importance for the survival of a nation. Nations that forget and corrupt their language are doomed to disappear. So if we add good articulation to our beautiful Turkish, we too will contribute to what has been described above. And speaking well can only be achieved through lessons in good speaking and classical singing.
Dear art lovers, I created this website to share with you the experience of my 35 years as a teacher and 31 years as an opera singer.
My greatest aim is to pass my experience on to you and to help you. I am also one of the first in Turkey to have begun work on supporting the mental development of unborn children by having them listen to classical music. I have tried to be of help to dozens of mothers during their pregnancies. The children who took part in my work are now living successful lives in Turkey and abroad.
If you would like to follow my website: in this corner I will share various topics with you and will try to answer your questions by email and by telephone.
WITH MY LOVE AND RESPECT TO YOU ALL.