TURKISH FOLK LITERATURE -General Information-

Folk literature is a wide field of literature that is the product of common consciousness, and that enables societies to exhibit the will to live together due to this feature and makes its existence permanent. Expressing the universe and the world of thought of human beings who seek the secret of existence in the universe; Literary data, which are skillfully created in every field, from mythical narratives that tell the story of the unknown universe of humanity to individual pleasures and sufferings, are generally interpreted within the broad field called folk literature.
Within the concept of folk literature, there is a rich literary field ranging from the creation of the universe to the creation of beings, from the mythical narratives in which the stories of the transformation and formation of the existence are told, to the literary data produced by the collective consciousness in the time lived. Folk literature, which continues its existence in all areas of history and historical-cultural geography, from belief-based rhetoric to entertainment-centered data, from the caress words of infancy to the laments for the lost, on the one hand, is preserved and transferred in the individual memory, and on the other hand, it maintains its existence in the social memory. It also contributes to the gathering of Turkish society around a common identity.