Dombra is a two-stringed instrument that has an important place in Turkish history. The place where this instrument, which is obviously influenced by its melody, is most commonly used, is Kazakhstan. Turkish societies, who rush and raids in the steppes of Central Asia, have the habit of constantly living as nomads, establishing a connection with nature and living in difficult conditions, unfortunately, the cultural heritage of Turkish societies that have survived to the present day is less than other societies. While living a nomadic life, it is very difficult to establish such a settled culture. However, there are still cultural tangles that we see, watch and listen to with a different pleasure.
Dombra is a cultural legacy from the Ancient Turks to the present day. Of course, it has undergone some physical changes over time, for example, while the strings of this two-stringed instrument are made of gut, fishing line is used today. However, the melody created by this instrument still plays a masterful role in reminding us of the culture we belong to and how valuable that culture is.
In fact, until a party used the Dombra for their election song, most people are unaware of this instrument and its song. In today’s politics, almost every subject, including football, can enter politics with the attempt to deteriorate the secular structure, especially in our country. With this method of practice, some special and meaningful things that are served to the society unfortunately become a political material and come before us as a part of the political movement, gaining an interpretation that is different from what it should be understood and different from what it should be felt.
It was realized by the Nogay Folk Music artist Arslanbek Sultanbekov that the instrument mentioned above, Dombra, became a song title. At the same time, this song embellished an impressive scene in the 2007 film Mongol: The Rise of Cenghis Khan. The opinion of Arslanbek, the composer of the song, about this song, which is clearly the election song, is very important. Stating that he does not allow such use, Arslanbek actually shows us the reason behind this. We can define this as a delicate effect on ethnic feelings. After the Dombra piece became the election song of Akp, there were reactions against this kind of devaluation of this melody, which besides a physical legacy, instills strange feelings, and there is a physical heritage.
