UMRÂN TEORİSİ BAĞLAMINDA OĞUZ KAĞAN DESTANI VE DEDE KORKUT HİKÂYELERİ
THE LEGENDS OF OGUZ KAGAN AND DEDE KORKUT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UMRAN (CIVILISATION) THEORY

Summary/Abstract: Anonymous products of Turkish folk literature are a valuable resource in terms of determining the common attitude of Turkish culture and Turkish people towards life-related issues. It is also important to examine this information source with different theories as well as compiling it. Each examination carried out is an important step to reveal the hidden features in folk literature products. In this study, Oguz Kagan Epic and Dede Korkut Stories, which are important documents for Turkish history and culture, will be discussed in the axis of Ibn Khaldun's theory of umran. The theory of Umran includes views on how a human community turns into a nation and how the elements of sovereignty develop and weaken within the state structure. In the aforementioned study, the texts were discussed in terms of the stages a society went through in the process of statehood and civilization according to Ibn Khaldun, and explanations were made with examples from the texts. As a result of the study, it has been seen that the theories of Ibn Khaldun are also valid for Turkish culture and state structure, and the marital conditions of the society that passed from the epic era to the folk tale era are reflected in the texts with the changes that can be observed in the axis of this theory.

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