Türkiye’de Halk Bilimi Çalişmalarinin 100. Yilini Kutlarken
The 100th Anniversary of Folkloric Studies in Turkey

Summary/Abstract: In Turkey, it was learned the first time from an article by Ziya Gökalp that folklore was considered as a science discipline in 1913. This article was followed by two articles by M. Fuad Köprülü and Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı in 1914. In Ottoman Turkish the term “halkiyât” was adopted for folklore. In Europe, being called as volkskunde in Germany in 1813 and as folklore in England in 1846, folklore was adopted as a science discipline from the middle of the 19th century. In our country, folklore was organized with all of its branches the first time as an association (1927), later as a government acency (MEB Millî Folklor Enstitüsü 1966), finally as a university department (DTCF Halk Bilimi Kürsüsü 1980, Halk Bilimi Ana Bilim Dalı 1982, Halk Bilimi Bölümü 1993). So the things have been done to fullfil the requirements to be a science discipline. At the end of this progress of which we’ve been celebrating the 100th anniversary, in 2013 there are folklore departments in our four university (Ankara University, Hacettepe University, Gazi University, Cumhuriyet University) and there are departments under the Turkish Literature Departments. There’s a great increase of the number of folklore instructors and folklore publications today comparing with 1980. Nowadays in Turkey, the data and the products obtained by means of folklore studies are being shared among all the science disciplines and are being used in social development. Also, in all branches of modern art folk products are used and those products become evident elements, colours and dynamics of cultural identity.

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