Folklor/Edebiyat (Nov 2022)
Narrative Species in Child Journals Turkish Published in Kosova and North Macedonian: Story, Fable, Legend and Epic / Kosova ve Kuzey Makedonya’da Türkçe Yayımlanan Çocuk Dergilerinde Anlatı Türleri: Hikâye, Masal, Efsane, Destan
Abstract
The Balkans are in an extremely important geography today as they were yesterday. The Balkans, whose star started to shine again with the disintegration of Yugoslavia, are also closely related to our country due to the Turkish presence in it. Although our relations established in the past changed according to the historical and political events, the Balkan geography, which was under the domination of the Turks for about five hundred and fifty years, was reshaped after the Ottomans. The region was shared among the Austrian, Hungarian and Serbian kingdoms. These years have been considered as a very difficult and dark period for Turks and Muslims. However, with the historical events that developed after the World War II and the establishment of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia, Turks began to gain some rights like other communities living in this region. These innovations, which are mostly manifested in the field of Turkish press and broadcasting, showed themselves in a short time with activities in the field of newspaper, magazine printing, culture, and education. These developments, which made it possible to provide education in Turkish in primary schools in a short time and to publish books to be taught in these schools and other Turkish publications, gained ground with the establishment of Birlik in Skopje and Tan Publications in Pristina. In this context, various newspapers and magazines and books were published. TV and Radio broadcasts were made in Turkish. All these contributed to the survival of the Turkish presence in the region and to the development of the spirit of unity and solidarity. Also, the existence of periodicals in the region would be helpful for tracing the past. In this line, we will try to deal with the types of narrative in children’s magazines that have made significant contributions to the development of Turkish children’s literature in the region. Sevinç and Tomurcuk children’s magazines published in Skopje and Kuş, Türkçem and Bahar magazines published in Kosovo are extremely important and effective publications in this sense. Our aim is to examine the narrative genres published in the aforementioned journals and to investigate the effects of these genres on children. In particular, the selection of stories, tales, legends and epics, and their volumes, authors, origins, and themes will be investigated.
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