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TURKISH TRADITIONS
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WHERE IS TURKEY?
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Belarus
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DO YOU KNOW.....

• TURKISH TRADITIONS
• FOLK MUSIC
• FOLK DANCES
• FOLK HEROES
• TRADITIONAL SPORTS
• POPULAR CUSTOMS

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DO YOU KNOW.....
TURKISH TRADITIONS FOLK MUSIC FOLK DANCES FOLK
HEROES TRADITIONAL SPORTS POPULAR CUSTOMS
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TURKISH TRADITIONS FOLK MUSIC FOLK DANCES FOLK
HEROES TRADITIONAL SPORTS POPULAR CUSTOMS
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DO YOU KNOW.....

• TURKISH TRADITIONS
• FOLK MUSIC
• FOLK DANCES
• FOLK HEROES
• TRADITIONAL SPORTS
• POPULAR CUSTOMS

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DO YOU KNOW.....
TURKISH TRADITIONS FOLK MUSIC FOLK DANCES FOLK
HEROES TRADITIONAL SPORTS POPULAR CUSTOMS
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DO YOU KNOW.....
TURKISH TRADITIONS FOLK MUSIC FOLK DANCES FOLK
HEROES TRADITIONAL SPORTS POPULAR CUSTOMS
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TURKISH TRADITIONS FOLK MUSIC FOLK DANCES FOLK
HEROES TRADITIONAL SPORTS POPULAR CUSTOMS
Asiklar" (troubadours) Folk
Music" is originated on the steppes of Asia.
Until recently it has
not been written down.
Traditions are kept alive by asiklar.
Baglama-Saz
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TURKISH TRADITIONS FOLK MUSIC FOLK DANCES FOLK
HEROES TRADITIONAL SPORTS POPULAR CUSTOMS
Mehter Takimii" military music (Janissary
Band) originated in
Central Asia, and is played with kettle
drums, clan-nets, cymbals, and
bells. One of the three symbols of independence
in the Islamic States. Austrians,
Prussians, Russians, Germans and the French
formed musical bands similar to the mehter
band. Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven
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TURKISH TRADITIONS FOLK MUSIC FOLK DANCES FOLK
HEROES TRADITIONAL SPORTS POPULAR CUSTOMS
Semazenler-Mevleviler" ( the Whirling
Dervishes) dominated by the haunting sound of the
reed pipe or "ney", and can be heard in Konya
during the Mevlana Festival in December.
to love and to be of service to the whole of
creation, to all creatures without discrimination
of believes, races, classes and nations. 
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Who is Mevlana?

• known as Rumi,
• a philosopher and mystic of Islam, but not a
  Muslim of the orthodox type.
• His doctrine unlimited tolerance, positive
  reasoning, goodness, charity and awareness
  through love.
• To him and to his disciples all religions are
  more or less truth. Looking with the same eye on
  Muslim, Jew and Christian alike, his peaceful and
  tolerant teaching has appealed to men of all
  sects and creeds.

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Mevlana Says

• Come, come again, whoever you are, come!
• Heathen, fire worshipper or idolatrous, come!
• Come even if you broke your penitence a hundred
  times,
• Ours is the portal of hope, come as you are.

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TURKISH TRADITIONS FOLK MUSIC FOLK DANCES FOLK
HEROES TRADITIONAL SPORTS POPULAR CUSTOMS
Silifke, spoon dance
Horon
Kiliç kalkan Conquest of the city
Zeybek Courage and heroism
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TURKISH TRADITIONS FOLK MUSIC FOLK DANCES FOLK
HEROES TRADITIONAL SPORTS POPULAR CUSTOMS
immortalized shadow puppet
Hacivat Karagöz
Quick wit
Nasreddin Hoca
philosopher-poet
Yunus Emre
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TURKISH TRADITIONS FOLK MUSIC FOLK DANCES FOLK
HEROES TRADITIONAL SPORTS POPULAR CUSTOMS
Yagli Güres Grease Wrestling
Cirit


Javelin
Deve Güresi Camel Fight
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TURKISH TRADITIONS FOLK MUSIC FOLK DANCES FOLK
HEROES TRADITIONAL SPORTS POPULAR CUSTOMS
Turkish Bath, cleanliness in Turkish society,
separate for men and women. Architecturally
interesting
Coffee house for men to talk and play national
game of backgammon (tavla)
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• ARE YOU STILL LOOKING FOR WHERE TO GO IN YOUR
  VACATION?

Country..
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YES, YOU ARE RIGHT.
IT IS TURKEY, OF COURSE!
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Belarus
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THANK YOU!
Assist. Prof. Gülden TÜM Belarus State Economic
University, Minsk guldentum_at_cukurova.edu.tr