@article{2018,title={THE OCCUPANCY RATES OF THE GRANT-IN-AID THEATERS, THE NUMBER OF HALLS, STAGED PRODUCTIONS / RELATİONSHİP BETWEEN POPULATION AND DRAMA AUDIENC},abstractNode={The theater, which is seen as the most important element of educating, informing and entertaining the people, has become a business organization and has the task of providing information, teaching, lighting and raising public opinion, and often opposition to the powers, just like the media. In Turkey, the importance of grant-in-aid theater in the presence and development of the theater holds a special place. When the drama stage costs are not met by the revenues from the existing or potential audience, the State Theaters (DT) and İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Theathers (İBBŞT) are entered into the circuit, which are grant-in-aid theathers. One of the most important reasons for exhibiting the theater productions that appeal to the general public and for all the halls to reach high rates is, the economic price of the tickets. It is known that the productions (eg classics) that private theaters cannot cope with in terms of cost can be staged at the grant-in-aid theathers with ticket prices which are much lower than the cost. These grant-in-aid theathers who are public servers compensate their loss with the funding they get from the goverment/municapility. To stage the productions without compromising on quality is due to the existence of grant-in-aid theaters. The aim of this study is to reach the connection between the number of productions/drama staged by the grant-in-aid theaters over the years, the occupancy rates and the number of the staged productions and the number of audience with the increase in the population.},author={Mehmet Bülent ÖNER},year={2018},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}