TÜRK MİTOLOJİSİNİN ASKERİ SİLAH ADLANDIRILMASINDA KULLANIMI
THE USE OF TURKISH MYTHOLOGY IN NAMING MILITARY ARMS

Summary/Abstract: Recognizing objects and naming them with the aim of making them known are verbal tools used by people for various purposes since the earliest times. Human beings, who are not afraid of the objects that have become known through naming, have given a name to every living and non-living being around them and thus made them "one of them". In this context, the naming of weapons is a meaningful expression for human beings not to be afraid of this deadly equipment and to establish a close bond between them. Onomastic, a science that examines the names placed on objects, focused on the adventure of words, examined the changes they had undergone, and evaluated names as a cultural phenomenon. In the article discussed, the names of weapons, ammunition and equipment in the inventory of the Turkish Defense Industry were subjected to an onomastic evaluation, and the analogical relation of the mythological elements to which they belong, heroes, supernatural aids and the products of the sky were tried to be revealed. For this purpose, the current product catalog published by the Turkish Defense Industry has been examined, mythological and epic names and the names of Turkish elders who have lived or presumed to have lived in history were compiled and evaluated under titles within the framework mentioned.

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