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Dede Qorqut Stories which is one of the most prominent works of Turkish is a precious work which should be known by every Turkish teenager. Unfortunately, having a low reading rate in our country is a known fact. Therefore, being located in a broadly manner of Dede Qorqut Stories in National Education Curriculum which is situated among the most valuable works of Turkish and thus Turkish Literature, submits an obligation in terms of the students for learning the culture of the society they live in better. The purpose of the study is to reveal the knowledge and opinions of the Turkish Philology and Turkish teacher candidates being educated in the first grade of the universities regarding Dede Qorqut Stories. In the research, survey has been used as a data collection tool. The survey has been applied to Turkish philology and Turkish teacher candidates who began studying in the first grade of 2015-2016 Fall semester. The findings obtained as a result of the study has been discussed and various suggestions has been made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Literature is a social institution because it uses the language which uses the language as means, and also because the literature gets feed from the miscellaneous events happened throughout history. It is possible to see social contents in several poets and authors who throw light to the society. In these works, the artists give place to the traditions, customs and life styles of the society they live in. İsmail Bozkurt is known specially for the work of art he wrote in the field of novel in Cyprus Turkish Literature; in the novels, he tells the stories about national struggle of Cypriot Turks, he also gives place to social and cultural life of the society, he presents the Cyprus dialect in necessary fields. In one of the most significant novels of his; "Maybe One Day...'' which is also translated in Azerbaijani Turkish and in Russian, Ismail Bozkurt tells a story about the existence struggle of Cypriot Turks in 1960's where is also a love story of two young people. The author provides successful descriptions in this 358-paged novel; both the events presented and the places where these events happen in draw the picture of those days. Nonetheless, this novel named "Maybe One Day...'' which is published in 2002, has a feature of being a historical novel with all the components presented regards to Cypriot Turkish Folklore at its time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]