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Mesam Başvuru -

If you wait until your song is a hit to apply, you will lose the royalties from the initial explosion. Applying to MESAM feels like filing taxes—boring, bureaucratic, and stressful. But it is the official language of professional music in Turkey.

Do the application on a rainy Tuesday. Have your documents scanned. Pay the small application fee (if applicable). Then, forget about it. Six months from now, you will receive an email that you are a member. And one day, when you get that first deposit for a song you wrote in your bedroom, you will be very glad you filled out that form. mesam başvuru

Is it worth it? How do you do it? And what happens after you submit that form? If you wait until your song is a

About the Author

Rob Costello (he/him) is the author of The Dancing Bears: Queer Fables for the End Times and An Ugly World for Beautiful Boys (coming April, 2025). He’s also the contributing editor of We Mostly Come Out at Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures, an NYPL Best Book of 2024.