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The question, one of the basic stages of human thinking, has various usages in Turkish as a grammar category as in all languages in the world. One of these usages is intonation. Question intonation is a suprasegmental phoneme created by the harmonious combination of multiple suprasegmental phonemes, including primarily stress and tone, in a sentence during a verbal communication while stating the question that the sender wants to convey to the receiver in a sentence consisting of multiple words. Intonation, though not very common and measured, is used to form question sentences in contemporary Turkish dialects and accents. However, Azerbaijani Turkish is the only Turkish dialect in which it is prudent to produce question sentences with intonation and is widely used in both spoken and written language. The question intonation is used in a measured and widespread manner as a means of producing question sentences together with the question suffix and question words in Azerbaijan Turkish. This question sentence type, which is seen to be used very little since Old Anatolian Turkish in the history of Azerbaijani Turkish, began to be more widely used starting from Fuzûlî in the 16th century. The questions sentences with intonations, available in Turkish of Fuzuli who is regarded as an important poet of not only in Azerbaijan but also the whole Turkish world with his unique poetic language that he formed, appear in different structures established with the creativity and meticulousness of the poet. In this study, the question sentences with intonations used in Fuzûlî's Turkish Divan were revealed by determining various words and structures that are indicative of such question sentences, the samples revealed were divided into various groups by categorization, and phonetic and morphological elements which enable these structures to turn into question sentences with intonation were explained. Thus, the subject of the question sentence with intonation, which is only general knowledge in the history of language, was examined by taking into consideration the Fuzûlî sample. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Proverbs, which are societal phrases expressed by communities by transferring centuries-old life experiences to certain patterns, provide important clues to the philosophy, cultural codes, beliefs, lifestyles, and systems of thought of these communities. These concise quotations, which represent "summaries" of societies, have an important place in the Turkish language. Proverbs are found in almost every source written in the Turkish language, starting from theOrhun inscriptions and reaching elimination. Even the proverbs in the earliest Turkish sources have been transferred from the ancient to the present day and are used daily in variants of the Turkish language. Gagavuz Turkish and Turkey Turkish, which belong to the same written language group of Turkic, are two languages with cultural and morphological similarities. The religious beliefs of the Gagavuz, who are referred to as the "Christian Turkish community" in the sources, and some of the experiences brought by their religions are separated, while many common characteristics of the Anatolian Turkish community are reflected in their lifestyle, traditions, and customs. Among these cultural elements, proverbs feed and develop from the same source. In this study, Gagavuz Turkish, one of the Oguz group's written languages, and proverbs in Turkey Turkish are compared with regard to the subject of women and family. This study aims to include as many prominent proverbs as possible under the heading of "women and family life". The proverbs in these two languages are compared semantically to examine the importance of the family in Turkish society, specifically the role of the man, the place of the child in the family and brotherhood, and the family proposition and progeny. The similarities or differences in the proverbs from the two language variants are described by providing examples that reveal the existence of women and family life in these communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]