THE CONCEPT OF FAMILY CLINIC IN TURKISH CULTURE: A CASE OF A FAMILY CLINIC IN DERİNGÖZE, A VILLAGE OF ERGANİ Cover Image

TÜRK KÜLTÜRÜNDE OCAK ANLAYIŞI VE ERGANİ DERİNGÖZE KÖYÜ’NDEKİ BİR OCAKLI AİLE
THE CONCEPT OF FAMILY CLINIC IN TURKISH CULTURE: A CASE OF A FAMILY CLINIC IN DERİNGÖZE, A VILLAGE OF ERGANİ

Author(s): Ahmet İçli
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore
Published by: Kültür Ajans Tanıtım ve Organizasyon
Keywords: Ergani; cult; fire; seedbed; family clinic

Summary/Abstract: Family clinics are extremely meningful in Turkish mythology and mostly accepted as holy/sacred in Turkish culture. In family clinics, specific diseases are taken care of and different treatments are performed. Family clinics are generally regarded as holy places among people. In this article, a ritual of disease treatment by a family clinic, in Deringöze village, Diyarbakır's Ergani district, will be examined.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 95-101
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Turkish