THE MUSIC AND NATIONALISM IN AZERBAIJAN PROPAGANDA AGAINST ARMENIA'S INVASION OF KARABAKH: AN EXAMINATION ON THE SONG OF "VOICE OF KARABAKH"

Yıl 2021, Sayı: 70, 141 - 164, 06.12.2021

Caner Çakı

Öz

From past to present, many countries have used music to serve various propaganda purposes. One of the aims of this propaganda was to strengthen nationalist feelings and prepare the masses for war. In the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, Azerbaijan used music for propaganda purposes in the process of bringing nationalist sentiments to the fore in Azerbaijan and strengthening the public opinion about the war against the Armenian forces that occupied Nagorno-Karabakh. Shortly before the clashes that broke out between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces on September 27, 2020, a clip called "The Voice of Karabakh" was published with the support of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan used the clip for propaganda purposes both to prove the legitimacy of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the international arena and to strengthen the sense of nationalism in the national public opinion through the clip about the occupation of Karabakh by Armenian forces. It was tried to reveal how Azerbaijan reflected the occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh of the Armenian forces in both national and international public opinion and what messages it gave to the Azerbaijani public opinion about Nagorno-Karabakh through music, by examining the clip called “The Voice of Karabakh”, which introduced Azerbaijan's Karabakh conflict. For this purpose, the visual codes in the clip in the light of the semiotics concepts of the US linguist Charles Sanders Peirce and the verbal codes of the song in the light of the semiotics concepts of the of the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure were analyzed. In the findings of the study, it was revealed that the Armenian occupation soldiers, who occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, were introduced as units that committed war crimes by murdering civilians, on the other hand, the occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh was presented as Azerbaijan's national mourning in the Azerbaijani public opinion through the song. In this way, it was concluded that support was requested for the intervention of the Azerbaijani army to Karabakh, by emphasizing the nationalist sentiments through the song.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Propaganda, Music

ERMENİSTAN’IN KARABAĞ İŞGALİNE KARŞI AZERBAYCAN PROPAGANDASINDA MÜZİK VE MİLLİYETÇİLİK: “KARABAĞ’IN SESİ” ŞARKISI ÜZERİNE İNCELEME

Öz

Geçmişten günümüze pek çok ülke, müziği propagandanın amaçlarına hizmet etmesi için kullanmıştır. Milliyetçi duyguların güçlendirilerek, kitlelerin savaşa hazırlanması da bu propaganda amaçlarından biri
olmuştur. 2020 Dağlık Karabağ Savaşı’nda da Azerbaycan, Dağlık Karabağ’ı işgal eden Ermeni güçlerine karşı Azerbaycan’da milliyetçi duyguların ön plana çıkarılması ve savaşa yönelik kamuoyunun güçlendirilmesi sürecinde müzikten propaganda amacıyla yararlanmıştır. 27 Eylül 2020 tarihinde Azerbaycan ve Ermeni güçleri arasında başlayan çatışmalardan kısa bir süre önce Azerbaycan Cumhuriyeti Savunma Bakanlığı’nın desteğiyle hazırlanan “Karabağ’ın Sesi” adlı klip yayınlanmıştır. Karabağ’ın Ermeni güçleri tarafından işgalini konu alan klip üzerinden Azerbaycan, hem Dağlık Karabağ mücadelesinin uluslararası alanda meşruluğunu kanıtlamak hem de ulusal kamuoyunda milliyetçilik duygusunu güçlendirmek amacıyla klipten propaganda amacıyla yararlanmıştır. Çalışmada Azerbaycan’ın Karabağ mücadelesini tanıtan “Karabağ’ın Sesi” adlı klip incelenerek, Azerbaycan’ın müzik yoluyla propaganda boyutunda gerek ulusal gerekse uluslararası kamuoyunda Ermeni güçlerinin Dağlık Karabağ işgalini ne şekilde yansıttığı ve Azerbaycan kamuoyuna Dağlık Karabağ’la ilgili hangi mesajları verdiği ortaya konulmaya çalışılmıştır. Bu amaçla çalışmada klipte yer alan görsel kodlar ABD’li dilbilimci Charles Sanders Peirce’in ve şarkının sözel kodları da İsviçreli dilbilimci Ferdinand de Saussure’ün göstergebilim kavramları ışığında analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmada elde edilen bulgularda şarkı üzerinden Dağlık Karabağ’ı işgal eden Ermeni işgal güçlerinin sivilleri katlederek savaş suçu işleyen birlikler olarak tanıtıldığı, diğer yandan Azerbaycan kamuoyunda Dağlık Karabağ’ın işgalinin Azerbaycan’ın ulusal matemi olarak sunulduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu şekilde şarkı üzerinden milliyetçilik duyguları ön plana çıkarılarak, Azerbaycan ordusunun Karabağ’a müdahalesine destek istendiği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ermenistan, Azerbaycan, Karabağ, Propaganda, Müzik

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