Sadi Yaver Ataman

Folklorist, writer, musician (B. 1906, Safranbolu / Karabük- D. December 13, 1994. Istanbul).  He began with his secondary education in Safranbolu High School and graduated from Istanbul High School for Boys (1926). After he was graduated from Darülelhan (Music School) and Conservatory (1930), he worked as teacher for a short time (1931-40), as folk song specialist in Ankara Radio (1940-42), as mayor of Karabük (1942-47), as mayor of Beyazıt in Istanbul and Kumkapı.

Later, he arranged the folk song broadcastings in Istanbul Radio, worked as head of Folk Dance Association. Ataman established the richest folk dance archive of Turkey, and he was the first artist who played bağlama and sang folk songs in Turkish radios.

WORKS:

Safranbolu Düğünleri Oyun ve Türküleri (1936), Halk Sazları ve Yerli Musikiciler (1938), Halk Musikisinde Seslilik ve Koro (1941), Halk Musikisinde Pentatonizme (1941), Halk Türkülerinde ve Oyunlarında Dramatik ve Temsilî Unsurlar (1943), Halk Müziğinde Mizah ve Espri (1943), Köylerde Ortaoyunu ve Tiyatro (1943), Dağcıl Saz Şairlerinin Hür Fikirleri Yaymadaki Rolleri (1944), Karacaoğlan ve Dağ Olur Meşelerde (1943), Âşık Nailî (1945), Müzik Folklorumuzdan Örnekler (1945), Bu Toprağın Sesi, Memleket Havaları (1953), Esnaf Türküleri (1954), Dümbüllü İsmail Efendi (1974), 100 Türk Halk Oyunu (1975), Atatürk ve Türk Musikisi (1991).

REFERENCE: Yurt Ansiklopedisi (c. X, 1984), Cumhuriyet (14.12.1994), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007).