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Dobruca'da Türk Mezarlıkları
Turkish Cemeteries in Dobrugea

Author(s): Sinan Uygur
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Geography, Regional studies, Culture and social structure
Published by: Karadeniz Araştırmaları Merkezi
Keywords: Dobrugea; kurgan; balbal; Turkish gravestones;

Summary/Abstract: Cemeteries are signs of nations on any land. They are part of national culture, and perhaps the most important one in terms of structure and permanency. Thus, newly making nationalities of the contemporary age, with culture-terminating character, tried to annihilate or deform gravestones of others. This essay is about Turkish gravestones retraining in Dobrugea.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 153-157
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Turkish