Ömer Kırmızı, Urfa Türküleri/İçerdikleri Değerler, Kültür Taşıyıcılıkları ve Medyadaki Yolculuklarıyla, Konya: Kömen Yayınları, 2024, ISBN: 978-625-94713-5-8

Ömer Kırmızı's work titled Urfa Folk Songs/With Their Values, Cultural Carriers and Journeys in the Media is a comprehensive study that deals with Şanlıurfa folk songs from cultural, sociological and musical perspectives. Red reveals that folk songs are not only musical products, but also carriers of social memory, identity construction and cultural values.The book analyzes Urfa folk songs in the context of the concept of folk song, the tradition of singing folk songs in Urfa, values ​​education, cultural elements and media. In the first chapter, the history, structural features and social functions of the term folk song are discussed. The second part focuses on the rich musical culture of Şanlıurfa and its change throughout the historical process. In the third part, values ​​such as love, patriotism, mercy, patience and family ties conveyed in folk songs are identified and their educational function is emphasized. In the fourth chapter, the intangible cultural heritage (INC) elements in Urfa folk songs are analyzed and how social practices, rituals and traditions are transferred through music. In the last chapter, it is discussed how Urfa folk songs take place in radio, television, cinema and digital media environments and how they are represented in today's media culture.While it serves the purpose of including the musical heritage of Şanlıurfa within the scope of UNESCO's "Creative Cities Network", it also makes an important contribution in terms of showing how social memory is shaped through folk songs.