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Turks, having settled recently, are one of the communities who kept their traditional horsed-nomadic lives which were in accordance with Turkish culture longer than any other Turkish community. The life style dominant in Silifke region now is the result of Nomad Culture and this culture is maintained more vividly here than in other settlements. Here we can coincide with various traditions concerning nature, abundance, fertility, animals, mausoleum, stoves, evil, sacrifice, luck, magic, birth, marriage and death. Birth, marriage and death, constitute the three major transition period of human life. These periods are shaped according to the characteristics of their cultural structure, depending on the applications. Therefore, birth, marriage and death traditions, customs and practices within this zone constitutes an important part of traditional culture. In this study, Silifke around the traditions of nomadic culture are discussed. Some of these traditions continue as a result of research, most of them have been forgotten. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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