GEÇMİŞTEN GÜNÜMÜZE MAKEDONYA TÜRKLERİNİN EVLENME DÜĞÜN GELENEKLERİ

Abstract

The content of this research is the “Tradition of Marriage” preserved by the Turks living in Macedonia and those who have settled in Turkey after their emigration. In the first chapter that is related to the Turkish Folk Culture, the data gathered from the written sources are mentioned, and in the second, the Tradition of Marriage within the mentioned environce is contained. In the last chapter of the study, the definitions and explanations that are used in the content and those covering the local concepts are included. Further, within the scope of this study, Turkish Marriage Culture of those who emigrated to Turkey and those living in Macedonia, and their way of life and their belief in the Marriage and the applications have been studied from Folkloric point of view. As a consequence of the study, we have come to understand that despite the ever changing technology and life-standards of the Turks stil living in Macedonia and the ones who have immigrated to Turkey, they have been able to retain their Tradition of Marriage up to this day, even with minor changes.