TURKISH FOLK STORY -The Field of Turkey-

The stories, which are among the elements of oral culture, seen with different names, performers and performance styles in the wide geographical area where the Turkish society lives, were fictionalized with an "aesthetic" approach in the period they were created and lived, and were conveyed through words and writing; It is one of the literary genres that changed while being transferred and became the source of new literary creations. The width of the borders of the Turkish communities, which have been in constant and rapid movement since the first periods of history, and the lifestyle lived accordingly, caused the difference in the line of literary development. Despite this, the stories have been the common narratives of Turkish groups living in different parts of the Turkish geography. This book contains general information about the formation, development, performers, performance style and structure of folk storytelling, which is one of the cultural elements that form the common memory of Turkish society.