The present study aims to explore the first thirty years of State Ballet Institutions of Turkey.It was based primarily upon the oral interviews of Turkish ballets subjects and the critics reviews mostly published in journals and newspapers of the time.The foundation of the professional ballet company is explored through the readings and first-hand witness memories belonging to the most significant actors of early Turkish ballet. The British teachers and choreographers as the initiators of ballet, Turkish bureaucrats as the representatives of the state and the first Turkish dancers as...