Türkiye · Folktales and oral traditions
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Türkiye
- Tales
- 4
- Dated records
- 5
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 3
Counts reflect the Atlas catalogue. A link may represent a recording, a publication or an association with a local tradition.
The Türkiye collection brings together several ways of telling a story. A Nasreddin joke turns on a single reply. The Köroğlu cycle links long adventures with sung verse. Basat and the One-Eyed Giant can be read in a manuscript of the Dede Korkut tradition.
Tales in the Atlas
Basat and the One-Eyed Giant
16th century · Kitāb-ı Dedem Korkut · Mscr.Dresd.Ea.86
The Epic of Köroğlu and Görogly
2014 · Bolu İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü · Bolu Halk Kültürü
Nasreddin Hodja
1571 · Hikâyet-i Kitâb-ı Nasreddin · Selçuk Üniversitesi
2022 · UNESCO · Nasreddin Hoca
Keloğlan and the Golden Nightingale
1969 · Osman Saygı · Türk Folklor Araştırmaları, 240