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Arabesque is a genre termed by Turkish musicologists for a regressive type of sound to come out of Turkey in the 1960's. Orhan Gencebay is generally considered the founder of the genre, though he disagrees with the usage of the term. The genre involves a versatile collection of music inspired by Turkish Folk Music and Middle Eastern Music . Arabesque is a working class musical style, so-called because of its predominantly Arab-influenced melodies. Traditionally a largely male dominated genre, its image has been changed largely due to an injection of female singers. Plus, most critics attribute to these female singers the "dance" influx of sound into the genre, which is sometimes known as arabesque/fantasy. Performers Examples of Turkish male Arabesque singers are Orhan Gencebay , Müslüm Gürses and Ferdi Tayfur , who have die-heard followers, usually in conflict with each other. Young arabesque singers are such people as Emrah and Ozcan Deniz , though these singers have tried to move into mainstream Turkish pop without much success. REFERENCES
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