The common aim of the revolution movements that took place after the War of Independence was to turn Turkish society into a modern society with a modern and rational method in every field. For this purpose, public houses called "cultural institutions" were opened on February 19, 1932. People's Houses of the 1932-1951 Period; It has operated through a total of 9 branches, including fine arts, representation, language and literature, sports, social aid, public courses and courses, library and publishing, peasant and history and museum branches, and many branches affiliated with these branches. The purpose of the fine arts branch; to gather amateur and professional people in the fields of music, painting, sculpture, architecture and decorative arts, to protect and educate young talents. The aim of the representative branch was to create a representative group consisting of members who were willing and talented in the art of representation. Fine arts branches of Istanbul community centers mostly focused on choral activities and concerts for Turkish music in musical activities. Eminönü, Kadıköy, Şişli and Beyoğlu community centers had their own orchestras. Exhibition activities were mainly painting and photography and the opening of the first "diorama exhibition" of the country was held by Eminönü Community Center during this period. The activities of representation branches consisted of play, ballet, opera, revue, canto, puppet-karagöz, meddah, juggler, middle play, cinema and film shows. Between 1932 and 1935, only the Istanbul People's House operated in Istanbul, and in 1935, the activities of the community center were ended by restructuring. In the same year, Eminönü, Şehremini, Beyoğlu, Beşiktaş, Kadıköy, Üsküdar and Şişli community centers were opened in Istanbul. These were followed by the opening of the Fatih, Bakırköy and Eyüp community centers in 1938, the Şile in 1939 and the Sarıyer community centers in 1940. In 1945, Kartal, Yalova and in 1946 Çatalca, Beykoz and Yeşilköy public halls were turned into community centers. In this study, the activities of the fine arts and representation branches of 17 community centers operating in Istanbul during the 1939-1951 period were examined under the sub-headings of music, exhibition and representation.