In addition to being an innate behavior, violence also includes learned behaviors. It is a social problem that a person grows up to and learns from his family, friends and mass media that he is constantly communicating with, sometimes he applies, and that is likely to spread over time. Not just physical, psychological, individual, cultural, is a phenomenon that needs to be addressed with social and gender dimensions. When the folk songs that ensure the continuity of the culture are examined, the presence of words containing different dimensions of violence draws attention. This study is structured on the basis of the idea that folk songs, which give important clues about the expression of the feelings of the society and are transmitted through generations, are passed on to future generations without being aware of violence as well as traditional elements, and that it is a means for the elements related to violence to become familiar over time. All the data of this study consists of 6517 folk songs in the TRT folk music repertoire obtained from the TRT music archive. Located in TRT repertoire of folk music, folk songs scope of the research were analyzed using total 6517 document analysis documentary screening model method was determined by the intensity of the word violence. This study was limited to the Central Anatolian Region, where the most violent words were identified, with 203 folk songs among a total of 1440 folk songs belonging to the regions within the Central Anatolia Region - recorded in the TRT folk music repertoire. In the region, it was determined that the folk songs that contain the most violent element in their lyrics are Sivas with 21 percent Kayseri with 12 percent, Aksaray with at least 1 percent folk songs, and Karaman with 1 percent folk songs. When the ratio of the number of folk songs was examined, it was determined that the folk songs with an element of violence were recorded in Niğde with 25.8 percent, Çankırı with 25.4 percent, Yozgat at the lowest rate with 12.8 percent and Sivas with 8 percent. As a result of the analysis of folk songs in terms of the type of violence and the dimension of violence, it was determined that there was the highest psychological dimension with 32 percent and the least sexual dimension with the rate of 7 percent. Detailed data on folk songs containing violence are presented graphically in the study.

Türkü, Şiddet, Halk Müziği, Doküman Analizi, Müzikoloji.