THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SHIKARI EPIC IN THE TURKISH WORLD

Abstract

Minstrel (ashiki) literature has an important position in The Iranian Azerbaijan region traditions. The Turkish population existence in the area became the main element that made the deep roots of the cultural minstrel literatüre. Epic (ashiki) telling has a great importance in Tabriz minstrel literatüre. Minstrels (ashik) tell their stories in weddings, celebrations, festival sand in coffee houses. They hang on resume epic-telling in village sand small town in beside of large Cities like Tabriz, Urmiye, Zencanand Ardebil cities. This region is the richest Turkish cultural region. The longest story of the Turkish world‟s minstrel literatures of Shikari Epic in the region that is compiled, collected and submitted to the scientific World. We will try our best to get to know in our work out the Turkish World‟s longest Shikari minstrel epic literature that the Tabriz ashikm in strel shave explained clearly. The most inclusive version of this epic has been told in 1960 years by ashik Yedullah in Tabriz. The tape records of the see pics have been saved from getting lost by collecting the mand getting them together with the start of the 1996 years. After that, this epic has taken its place in our master degree study thesis workout with the name of “Ashik Tradition And Ashik Literature in Tabriz”. The epic project has brought out as a book in 2013 after that was set out by the Turkish Language Institution and translating it to Turkey Turkish Language.