The Parallel Between Blues and Political Science: The Political Language of the Blues

Can Bayoğlu
İzdüşüm Magazine — Başkent University
Issue 14 · pp. 38–40 · July 17, 2026

An exploration of the relationship between Blues and political science, examining the Blues not only as a musical tradition, but as a form of social and political expression shaped by inequality, identity, resistance and lived experience.

The article reflects on how the Blues has historically given voice to social realities and how its language can continue to speak about the political and social questions of the present.

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