STUDY AND PUBLICATION OF FOLKLORE IN THEMAGAZINE “KARDAŞLIK”

Abstract

In particular, entering itshigh development stage, Iraqi-Turkmen press, since the beginning of the twentieth century, has been attracting attention with its actuality. Following the activities of many press outlets, we study about the history, the culture, the socio-literal life, thelanguage, the way of thinking and the system of thoughts, oral folk literature, customs and traditions of our compatriots living in İraq who are more than 3 million and we get rich information covering the other fields of their lives, and we gain an accurate imagination of their way of life. The magazine “Kardaşlık” (broterhood), that played an important role in their self-expression and self-affirmation,at a time when the Turkmen were at a critical perid of their destiny, especially in the period when native-language schools were allowed to operate only on papers. The magazine “Kardaşlık” gave special attention to the collection and publication of folklore samples.
The samples of oral folk literature collected among the people has almost taken place in all issues of the magazine.In general, when talking about the genres of folklore that have appeared in the magazine “Kardaşlık” throughout its publication life, we can group them as in the followings: khoyrats; mania; proverbs; sayings; beliefs; riddles; children’s folklore; anecdotes; ceremonial folklore; fairy tales; legends and myths, etc.