THE INTEREST OF THE SİN SACRIFICE, WHICH WAS SACRIFICED FOR DEAD PEOPLE IN ANATOLIA, WITH THE OLD TURK BELIEF

Abstract

In different regions of Anatolia, in both Sunni and Alevi Turk communities, an animal is sacrificed under the name of sin sacrifice, on the day of death and in different periods after death. The subject of this article is the origin of the sin sacrifice, which is slaughtered for the deceased in some regions of Anatolia today. The thesis of the study argues that the origin of the sin sacrifice slaughtered for the deceased by Muslim Turk communities in Anatolia is related to the belief in the spirit and death in pre-Islamic Turks. The common practice of this sacrifice, which has no place in the Islamic religion, despite sectarian differences, indicates that it is related to pre-Islamic beliefs. Based on this finding, the study applied the method of induction, that is, the method of going back to cultural origins. While taking this method as a basis, the cultural connection between the soul, death, grave, tombstone and sacrifice was taken into consideration. According to the interpretation made on the basis of etymological information, the word sin may be related to the spirits believed to be present in human beings - namely sün-süne, sür. Based on the deductions, the origin of this sacrifice is based on the ancestor cult in old Turks. According to this cult, the spirit of the deceased continues its relationship with this world for a certain period of time. Therefore, the sacrifices made during yog and commemoration ceremonies when death occurs are linked to this conception of the spirit and death. As a result, the tradition of offering sacrifices to the souls of the deceased, which was already present among the Turks in the pre-Islamic period, continued its existence by gaining Islamic motifs after the change of religion. Keywords: History, Sin Sacrifice, Anatolia, Sunni and Alevi Turks, Old Turk Belief, Spirit and Death, Sin Stone.