The Golden Microphone (Turkish: Altın Mikrofon) was a music contest annually held between 1965 and 1968 in Turkey. It was organized by the newspaper Hürriyet. In 1960s, most of the Turkish popular music melodies were either songs from west Europe with Turkish lyrics or traditional Turkish folk melodies played with western instruments.[1] The goal of the contest was to encourage the development of popular Turkish music either by new compositions or by using domestic sources. More formally, Hürriyet announced the goal of the contest as "Redirecting Turkish music using technique and style of the western music as well as the instruments of the western music"[2]
- ^ Tolga Akyıldız (19 October 2002). "Altın Mikrofon'dan bugüne" [Gold Microphone to present]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Altın Mikrofon yarışmaları tarihçesi 1965 - 1968" [History of Gold Microphone competitions 1965 - 1968] (in Turkish). 2013. p. 3. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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