The department teaches the fundamentals of Turkish Makam Music along with more universal music theories, thus providing the opportunity for comparison and evaluation. The theoretical range, from traditional to modern, ensures that the infrastructure which enables research, analysis, and application is maintained, as well as encouraging the development of new theories. Educating fully equipped and creative theorists, instructors, and academics, who are able to express their thoughts and ideas in national and international forums, as well as being open to scientific developments, is our primary goal.