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In order to offer the physical education, course in a sound manner, which should be planned according to individual needs in schools where special education is offered, the knowledge and opinions of the teachers of this course are very critical. Therefore, in the study, the knowledge and opinions of the special education pre-service teachers about the physical education course offered in special education schools are revealed and evaluated. In the study which included 80 teachers studying in the field of special education, it has been revealed that the physical education course in these schools cannot be conducted in the desired way today, and recommendations have been developed for improvements. This study employs the phenomenological design. A seven-question questionnaire was used to obtain the data. According to the study results, more time should be devoted to physical education lessons in schools and the lesson should be planned in a qualified way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Karagöz shadow plays, which has acquired a place in the social life of Turkish society for long years, is an essential instrument which entertains people by making them think and contributes to the formation of social conscious. With the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus in 1571, the people who came to the island from Anatolia brought their own culture to Cyprus. They added different cultural ele-ments arising from the socio-geographical characteristics of Cyprus to these cultural elements they brought and blended them. One of the cultural elements brought to the island from Anatolia was the Karagöz shadow play, and this play has gained unique aspects of the island culture over the years and added local features to its structure. The earliest depictions and bread and circuses that can be reached in the Turkish Cypriot Karagöz tradition today date back to the first quarter of the 1900s. Mehmet Ertuğ, who has a very important place in the mentioned tradition in the island began his plays and production of bread and circuses in 1963 and quitted descriptions and producing bread and circuses in 2005 due to health problems. Since 2015, the Karagöz tradition in Cyprus has been carried on by the artist Izel Seylani. For this reason, descriptions and bread and circuses used as unique to the island in Cypriot Turkish Karagöz shadow plays are examined in three periods in the article, namely "from the first quarter to 1963", "from 1963 to 2005" and from 2015 onwards". In this manner, the contributions that Cypriot Turkish culture made to Karagöz plays in the context of descriptions-bread and circuses are displayed. Some of the depictions and bread and circuses dis-cussed in the study belong to Karagözcü Mehmet Salih Efendi, and these depictions and bread and circuses have been used in the games played on the island since the first quarter of the 1900s. The depictions in question were found by Ertuğ, named after a detailed field research and repaired. In addition to using characters such as Bekri, Jew, and Çelebi in his plays, Mehmet Ertuğ added local features to the art of Karagöz by using characters such as the Turkish Cypriot epic teller, public storyteller and minstrel Aynalı, who lived on the island, and the Greek Avrayimi, who displayed films in the Nicosia Çağlayan Cinema; he also included structures unique to the island. Seylani, who continued this art in Northern Cyprus after Ertuğ stopped performing Karagöz, also prefers to use mainly local types and some island-specific elements as bread and circuses in his plays. Seylani uses these local types and places in Cyprus in his plays more intensely than Mehmet Ertuğ. The depic-tions and bread and circuses discussed in the study have survived to the present day thanks to Kara-gözcü Mehmet Efendi, Mehmet Ertuğ and, today, İzel Seylani. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and purposes: Alternative tourism activities are becoming more important for the future of Northern Cyprus. In this context, faith tourism, which has gained popularity in recent years, has special importance for Northern Cyprus, a country with essential structures of different religions. In this paper, the importance of faith tourism, which supposedly contributes to the tourism of Northern Cyprus, is revealed through the public's perspectives. Methodology: Data was collected through the questionnaire distributed to 60 respondents. The questionnaire consists of two sections; the first section includes two questions on the socio-demographic characteristics and the second section consists of 10 multiple choice questions to determine the opinions and expectations of people living in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on faith tourism. Findings: It is found that the Muslim people living in Northern Cyprus have a positive view towards faith tourism, and they have general information about the sites. In addition, they are tolerant of this form of tourism. Contribution: This study is significant in terms of showing the potential of faith tourism in the Northern Cyprus. In this article, a number of suggestions have been presented on how this type of tourism can be developed, especially by taking the opinions and expectations of the people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Anatolian and Turkish Cypriot folk tales are oral narratives that are fed by similar sources and contain common content, structure, form, and function features. While the Turkish Cypriots migrated from Anatolia to the island, they brought together the cultures, social insights, beliefs, and narratives of the regions they came from and blended them with the island culture and transferred them to future generations. Depending on the island geography, the Turkish Cypriot people melted various place names, geographical shapes, and social conditions within the folk tales over the years and added many different elements from Anatolia to the fairy tales. For example, the priest type and various Greek characters take part in fairy tales as well as different elements of Christian culture are mentioned in the narrations. While evaluating the cultural elements in Anatolian and Turkish Cypriot tales, culinary culture, handicrafts, crafts, beliefs, religion, social life, architecture, games, weddings, dowry, feast-banquet, fairy-tale motifs, folk types etc. were taken into consideration as well as how these cultural elements take place in fairy tales. Many similar cultural elements have been identified between Anatolian and Turkish folk tales. Qualitative research was applied as a research method and document analysis was used to collect data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is an undeniable fact that drink consumption occupies an important place in human life. As an integral part of food, beverages are also consumed after meals. Although it may seem like an obligation, foods and beverages are shaped by the society and the culture that belongs to that society. Every society has adapted some beverages for this reason or another while some others have been forgotten in time. When the island was conquered by the Turks in 1571, people from different parts of Anatolia were settled in the island, and they brought together the culture of catering with other cultural elements. They also invented different foods and beverages using various ingredients. Inaddition, due to the cultural interaction with the Greek community in the island, some beverages are consumed by Greeks whereas some other unique to Greek community are accepted by Turks. In the study, the beverages which have an important function in the lives of the Turkish Cypriots will be displayed and their usage and social functions will be evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Until the mid 20th century, males in Turkish culture were generally active outside the house whereas women were assigned more domestic tasks and expected to organize family relations. On the other hand, an examination of the Turkish history prior to the adoption of Islam by Turks shows that women were side by side with men in almost every area. The thinking that family is the most fundamental element which keeps state alive and woman is the fundamental element which keeps family together is a popular one in Turkish culture. In order to determine the place of men in Turkish culture accurately, it is necessary to examine the documents which date back to ancient ages and especially texts in the form of epics and novels. The actual purpose of the study is to display the perception of men in social structure on a spectrum that extends from epics, which are the first and oldest texts of Turkish culture and literature, to modern novels along with their socio-cultural functions. In addition, attitudes and behaviors concerning gender will be determined and emphasis will be put on the reasons which lead to the emergence of such behaviors. The study will also attempt to display the scope of the changes and differences in some areas of Turkish men in the process of change that extends from epics to modern novels and to determine the socio-cultural roles of men in the society and family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Folk tales of Cypriot Turks have several local features such as dialect properties, characters, plots, folkloric elements and others, and maintain literature culture which is unique to the island. An examination of Gagauzian Turkish folk tales shows that they have several features in common with Anatolian folk tales. Studies have shown that Orthodox Christian Gagauzians maintain their relations with both Anatolia and their past Turkish culture and fed from these sources. This paper attempts to determine the manner with which the accumulation kept by folk tales throughout history which preserve the social sub-conscious of Cypriot and Gagauzian Turkish culture is reflected on female typology. In addition, effort has been paid to identify the functions, roles and general outlook of women and the attitude of the society towards women in Cypriot and Gagauzian Turkish communities through folk tales. Folk tales are like areas of liberty where the unspeakable is spoken and undoable is done. For this reason, they are texts which display the social attitude towards and perception of women without hiding anything. In this study qualitative research method and document analysis technique was used in order to obtain the data. The sample of the study consisted of 20 tales from each culture which were chosen using purposive sampling method. In the examination section the folk tales are examined using “descriptive analysis” method. An overview of the obtained results shows that folk types are mostly found in narratives with personality features and that women are placed in roles which directly affected the plot of the folk tales. In addition, it has been witnessed that in Cypriot and Gagauzian Turkish folk tales women are in the position of good mothers, hardworking, intelligent and skilled women, and loved and respected wives [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Turkish nation has undergone several changes throughout history depending on social structure in terms of culture. Turks converted to permanent settlements from a nomadic lifestyle as a result of which they began to lose their warrior and active lives in time and shifted from saga period to story period. Folk stories in Turkish culture begin with Dede Korkut stories which reflect this cultural and literary change. These pieces consist of traces from both former Turkish life and Islamic and settled culture. Each of the stories can serve as independent stories. However, they constitute a whole in terms of theme and general structure. All stories are about events which occurred around Oguz begs. Uighurs, who are essential elements of Turkish culture, are living in Eastern Turkistan Autonomous Republic today and maintain their deeprooted culture for centuries. One of the most important elements of this culture is written and oral literature. Folk stories told in Uyghur Turkish lands show similarities to those told in Anatolian lands. Among these stories, Garip and Senem took its place in Uyghur Turkish lands and was put into writing after being compiled from verbal sources. The story is about the love between Garip and Senem and the work is designed on the love of these two lovers. In this article an effort is paid to examine the episode structure of Garip and Senem story and motives developed depending on these episodes are addressed. The data will be collected through qualitative research method in the study and document analysis will be performed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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]

Games and toys are irreplaceable basic needs of children of almost every age. They are also some of the most significant traces of culture. Some of our games and toys lost their original functions, and it is not remembered why they were functionally significant in Turkish Cypriot culture. Families and cultural identity also play a major role regarding different factors leading to changes in toy selection. The purpose of this study is to explore the knowledge and opinions of families regarding games and, in particular, toy selection for 6–12 year old children of Turkish Cypriot families. A survey was administered to 100 households in North Cyprus, and was used as a data collection tool. It was found that the most important factors in the selection of children’s games and toys were (1) the economic opportunities, and (2) children’s desires for toys after seeing them with their friends. A considerable number of families in Northern Cyprus see game-toy selection as important in a child’s social, psychomotor, mental, and cultural construction. Families, especially those living with difficulties, indicated that they cannot afford enough time to encourage playing traditional games. Although new versions of traditional games and toys are being developed and used, it is seen that educated and high-income families are more conscious about the importance of having information about them than others. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Turks have been an important part of the world culture for centuries and have made important contributions to it. This rich culture of the Turks is a culture formed by the accumulation for centuries. Turkish folk literature is also a part of this culture, and it is just like a treasure thanks to its various genres. Literary products emerging within a society not only shed light on the aesthetic understanding of the relevant period, but also perform an important function in the formation of cultural identities, and transfer these identities to the future generations. In this context, tales play a very important role in the literary products. Today, when we look at the different regions of the Turkish world, we can say that even though the distance between them is far in terms of the physical sense, but many things about their cultures are in common. Similar situation also grabs attention in the tales. Our main purpose in our work is to identify the common motifs of Cypriot and Uighur Turkish that are located at two far points of the Turkish world and fed and shaped by the sources of deep Turkish culture, and then examine these motifs. This study mainly aims to determine and examine the common motifs of these two Turkish land located at two distant points of the Turkish world. For this purpose, we have tried to identify some common motifs in both Cypriot Turkish folk tales and Uyghur Turkish folk tales, then examine their meanings and origins. It is possible to list some common motifs that we have found in the Cypriot Turkish folk tales and Uyghur Turkish folk tales as follows: Khidr, dream, childlessness, white-bearded old man, iron, transfiguration etc. [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]

In such literature works as sagas, novels, stories and dramas which are based on events, there is a character called "protagonist" who performs the event and is in the central position according to the story line of the work. He/she is in the centre of the work. The protagonist of the Hasan Bulliler novel and Saga is Hasan Bulli. In his lifetime, Hasan Bulli is a saga hero who was seen as a hero by both the Turks and the Greeks who stood against the oppressor governments in the country. In Hasan Bulliler Saga and the novel which was written based on the saga, the story of three brothers and their advocates who took the mountains and lived there for years after being convicted with unjust accusations in the early years of British administration in Cyprus is told. In the novel Hasan Bulliler, Nazemin Gelen wrote about Hasan Bulliler and his family departing from historical facts. In our article, starting from Hasan Bulli brothers, we display the historical events that Cypriot Turks experienced in these years and the socio-cultural life of the era. Nevertheless, based on our cultural values that we brought today from those years, we saw that the novel played an essential role in cultural communication between generations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]