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DEDE KORKUT OĞUZNAMELERİNDE SAVAŞ VE SAVAŞ HUKUKU
WAR AND LAWS OF WAR IN DEDE KORKUT OGUZNAMES

Author(s): Ahmet Keskin
Subject(s): Cultural history, Turkish Literature, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Motif Halk Oyunları Eğitim ve Öğretim Vakfı
Keywords: Dede Korkut Oguznames; war; laws of war;

Summary/Abstract: The studies on the Dede Korkut Oguznames, which have a great importance and value for Turcology studies, continue to be researched with great intensity today, and each new study carried out in this field leads up to other new studies. Through them, studies, extensive information can be obtained about the importance of Dede Korkut Oguznames for Turkish cultural history and especially about Turkish customs, daily life, beliefs and struggles. It is seen that the struggles of the Turks with the current and possible enemies in line with the life styles they have lived for many centuries in the historical process, and sometimes the struggles within themselves, directly or indirectly in the fields such as belief and action, language and culture, thought and discourse, are also reflected in Dede Korkut’s narratives in various dimensions. In this study, Dede Korkut Oguznames are discussed in the context of war and war law. Turkish thoughts, evaluations, attitudes, actions and discourses about the war and how the rules of war and the law of war were determined and operated in Turkish culture, history and customs, and their main appearances were examined in the sample of Dede Korkut Oğuznames, which is one of the important texts of Turkish language, culture and literature.

  • Issue Year: 16/2023
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 15-40
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Turkish
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