TÜRKİYE’DE TAHTACILAR ÜZERİNE ÜRETİLEN LİSANSÜSTÜ TEZLERİN BETİMSEL OLARAK İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

This study is related to the study of graduate theses on the subject of Tahtacı communities in Turkey in a descriptive context. Tahtacılar is a community that has made a rich contribution to Turkish folk culture in terms of lifestyle, beliefs, traditions and values. Tahtacılar, which is the working theme of many disciplines such as Folklore, Anthropology, Sociology, Turkish language and literature and history, offers a rich content to Turkish folk culture with its unique cultural characteristics and identities. The data collection tool of the study is the document review method. In this study, the graduate theses produced by the Higher Education Institution (HEI) thesis center related to Woodworkers were examined and analyzed with a scanning model, and thirty-two graduate theses, including five doctoral and twenty-seven master’s theses, were examined in total. The keywords in the theses examined in the study, the methods of examination of woodworkers, the departments and the universities where the theses were written were analyzed. According to the research findings; It has been determined that the subject of Tahtacılar is mostly studied in disciplines such as Turkish music, Turkish language and literature, history and sociology. Cities such as Antalya, Muğla, Aydın, Izmir, Çanakkale, Manisa, Adana, Mersin have been preferred as examples in the graduate theses produced on the subject of Tahtacılar. On the other hand, settlements such as Elmalı, Bergama, Silifke, Anamur, Middle Taurus, Kazdağları, Narlıdere, Manavgat, Kemalpaşa were included in the sub-themes. The theses produced on the subject of Tahtacılar have mostly been produced in places where the Tahtacı population lives.

Keywords

• culture
• identity
• turkmen
• alevi
• tahtaci