This study aims to evaluate the uzun hava and kırık hava examples registered under the Sivas region in the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation Turkish Folk Music (TRT THM) repertoire in terms of musical structure and thematic content. Conducted through document analysis within a qualitative research approach, the study examines 492 vocal works according to maqam effect, kırık hava-uzun hava distribution, usul, source person, compiler, and thematic orientations foregrounded in poetic texts. The data were interpreted through frequency and percentage distributions within descriptive analysis. The findings indicate that hüseyni and uşşak maqam effects show a notable concentration in the repertoire, kırık hava examples have a broader representational scope than uzun hava examples, and 2/4 and 4/4 rhythmic structures are prominent among kırık hava works. Source person and compiler distributions concentrate around Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu and Muzaffer Sarısözen. The prominence of works containing multiple semantic fields, together with love, religious, and complaint/reproach themes, suggests that the Sivas repertoire offers a narrative field associated with personal experience, emotional expression, belief, oral culture, and collective memory. The study may contribute to Turkish folk music literature by addressing structural and thematic features together.

Turkish folk music, TRT repertoire, Sivas region, structural analysis, thematic analysis.