The Formation of The Turkish Native Country Culture: The Anatolian Experience

The Turks shaped their approach to the land with their cultural values they brought from Middle Asia. This cultural value provided them to accept the land as a value measurement. In this sense differentiated the Turks from other nations in a very large sense. This sense of value has directed their political, social and economical activities while presenting the dynamics that provides them to be permanent in the world. These activities have showed that the Turks have the value system of creating the native country from land and giving value to that land. This situation was apparently seen in the coming and settling down of the Turks to Anatolia. In this challenging process, the Turks expanded till the uttermost places of Anatolia, making it native country with their own cultural identity and value. The concrete dynamics of making Anatolia native country were performed in this process. These examples from architecture, art, literature, politics and many different fields, still observed today, built the native country culture of Turks as well as the Anatolian culture. Besides, these examples should be regarded as an impress of the Turks in Anatolia and also this shows that they came from Middle Asia in an experienced manner. The Turkish-Muslim civilization existed through these in Anatolia made samples. These experiences in Anatolia gave the Turks political, economical, social and administrative principles, belonging to themselves. In this article, Turkish native country culture is tried to be given with examples in the light of Anatolian experience.

Keywords

Turks, Native Country, Anatolia, Middle Asia and Turkish Culture