arabesk

plural arabesks

1. rareRare spelling of arabesque.

   Last, our third, and arguably most significant, example of culture in the periphery is that of popular music, and specifically the music known as arabesk.

   1997, Environment & Planning A., Volume 29, Pion Limited, page 1944

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   Öztuna therefore understands arabesk very much in terms of a bastardization of the classical genre, and draws a direct line from the popularized art music forms of the late nineteenth century, through art-music-educated composers of film music in the 1930s (such as Sadettin Kaynak) to the arabesk of the seventies (1987: 50-1).

   1994, Islam, Globalization, and Postmodernity, Routledge, page 26

   The role gender plays in the formation and popularity of arabesk music is a complex question. Orhan Gencebay, who implied in his arabesk that suffering would one day end, retained his image of sedate manliness.

   1997, Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey, University of Washington Press, page 223