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Expatriates living in Fethiye have got together in the Choir of Turkish Folk Songs. The choir has been set up by he Directorship of the Art House of the Ölüdeniz Municipality and the participating expatriates are displaying their own interpretation of folk songs fr9m different regions of Anatolia. Most members are British and there is also a Chinese and they all sing the songs with their broken Turkish.

Turkey got acquainted with them two years ago when they performed folkdances. The British between the ages of 50 to 79 were highly popular with their broken Turkish. Previously they had formed a team of folk dances and performed at official inaugurations throughout Turkey as well as an indispensable part of TV programmes. They are now preparing to perform Turkish Folk Songs. 7 expatriates who have settled in Fethiye joined the choir of Turkish Folk Sons of the House of Art of the Ölüdeniz Municipality. Except for a Chinese, the rest are British nationals, learning to sing “Hele Dadaş Hoşmusan, Makaram Sarı Bağlar, Tren Gelir Hoş Gelir and Tridine Bandım”1. Expatriates contributing special figures of their own to these folk songs are planning to make a great impact in Turkey. The choir has already received numerous invitations and they intend to sing these songs at the regions of their origin. Dawit Groom, the leader of the team of Fold Dances, says that compared with performing folk dances, it is a little more difficult to sing folk songs. He says they can see and learn to perform folk dances but they have to try harder to catch the timbre of the songs, adding, “I have been living in Fethiye for the last 10 years. I feel like a native. I love Turkey very much. I am also very fond of folk songs. As a choir we shall display how these songs are interpreted by expatriates. Let everyone sing folk songs.”
The Chinese member of the group, Chang Li, says the folk songs are very lively, enhancing people, and remarks as follows: “Our music is very slow but the tempo of the folk songs is very fast. We have a great time singing. Personally I am facing quite a lot of difficulties because I have recently started to learn Turkish. However, I love singing folk songs.”
On the other hand, Keramettin Yılmaz, the Mayor of Ölüdeniz, stated that he was very happy to teach the expatriates Anatolian culture and folk songs. Yılmaz further said that he was very excited to have expatriates participating in the choir, adding, ”The expatriates in our choir are establishing closer contact with us through our folk songs. They wish to learn how to sing these songs to perform them in other regions in Turkey as well as in their own country.”