The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies International Journal of Social Science Volume 5 Issue 6, p. 339-345, December 2012 İSMET İNÖNÜ DÖNEMİ GÜZEL SANATLAR POLİTİKALARI THE FINE ARTS POLICIES AT THE PERIOD OF ISMET INONU Nurgün KOÇ Karabük Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tarih Bölümü Abstract Ġsmet Inönü, who is the most believer of reforms of Ataturk and fellow him. So, like Ataturk, he is very impressive of the Westernisation and modernisation of Turkey and continue which was began him. It is also possible to see this permanence at fine arts. While it is been impproved of State of Conservatory, called for experts from abroad. Furthermore, it is benefit from community centers to expand of fine arts. Ġnönü, personally fellows fine arts, espacially Presidential Sympony Orchestra to be a good example to see artistic activities and try to be a leader to improve of arts in Turkey. It is called part of “humanism” of his period on arts. The efforts for Westernization, which accelerated with the foundation of the republic, took effect in all fields, especially in fine arts. Atatürk aimed at Turkish society becoming capable to compete with the Western societies both with polyphonic musical comment and with the fine arts activities like painting, sculpture, and architecture, which he saw as a part of civilization. It is seen that the approach of Ġsmet Ġnönü especially after becoming President was not different from the artistic approach launched by Atatürk. Generally, even though there are some subtleties, like Atatürk Ġsmet Ġnönü made also effort to develop a sense of art pertain to the West without ignoring the values, and accumulations of the Turkish society. These e fforts of both Atatürk and Ġsmet Ġnönü helped Turkey to bring up artists known worldwide in fine arts. Key Words: Ismet Inonu, Türkish culture, Art, Drama, Music. Öz Ġsmet Ġnönü, Atatürk‟ün reformlarını en çok benimseyen ve ona inanan kiĢilerin baĢında gelmektedir. Bu yüzden Ġnönü de Atatürk gibi BatılılaĢma ve modernleĢme çabalarının devam ettirilmesinde etkili olmuĢ, onun baĢlattığı yenilik hareketlerini devam ettirmiĢtir. Güzel sanatlar alanında da bu sürekliliği görmek mümkündür. KurumlaĢma faaliyetleri devam ettirilirken Atatürk döneminde açılan Devlet Konservatuarı‟nın daha da geliĢtirilmesi sağlanmıĢ; yurt dıĢından uzmanlar getirtilmiĢtir. Ayrıca güzel sanatlardaki yeni geliĢmelerin yaygınlaĢtırılabilmesi ve halka benimsetilmesi için Halkevleri‟nden yararlanıldığı görülür. Ġnönü, kendisi de bizzat sanatsal faaliyetleri, özellikle CumhurbaĢkanlığı Orkestrası‟nın konserlerini takip ederek sanatın geliĢtirilmesi, yaygınlaĢtırılması için öncü ve örnek olmaya çalıĢmıĢtır. Onun dönemindeki sanatsal faaliyetler genellikle hümanist hareketin