A Study on Turkish Place Names in Dobrogea Cover Image

Dobruca’daki Türkçe Yer Adlarının Anlam ve Yapılarına Göre Tasnifi
A Study on Turkish Place Names in Dobrogea

Author(s): Sinan Uyğur
Subject(s): Language studies
Published by: Karadeniz Araştırmaları Merkezi
Keywords: Toponims; Dobrogea; Turkish Toponims in the Dobrogea. Romania; Bulgaria.

Summary/Abstract: Turks have settled in “Dobruca” since the first period of the history and they named this geography. In spite of Roman’s and Bulgar’s culture policy, a lot of this names have lived still. Toponims is the concretized state of the nation. So, by reseaching the toponims in the “Dobruca”, It was studied to determine the tendencies of the Turk’s culture and opinion. At the same time, the result of this studing is important to provide compraring between toponims in the Anatolia and Dobruca.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 127-141
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Turkish