@article{2015,title={The Green Color In Turkish Culture In The Context Of Colors},abstractNode={Colors have gained an identity throughout historical processes. Each nation has associated colors with various meanings in its own cultural world. Colors have been shaped and have gained specific labels with the cultural values of the societies in various aspects of life such as state administration, clothing and appearances, customs and traditions, and ceremonies. They have been used by some statesmen, occupational groups, various religious identities, and have been associated with various meanings such as love, happiness, mourning and peace. Colors have been the conceptual counterparts of various discourses both in literature and in social life. Like in any other culture, the Turkish Culture has loaded different meanings to colors. In this context, the green color has been examined in the context of colors in Turkish culture. The green color in the Turkish Culture has been scanned in various dictionaries and literary texts, and the meanings given to the green color have been determined with examples. Various written texts since the pre-Islamic period have been scanned and the examples showing the usage of the green color in the Turkish Culture have been examined, and the findings have been presented in the study with the examples. The study is a qualitative study, and the Document Scanning Method has been used in it. When the texts are examined it has been determined that the green color concept was used as a color in ancient times. In some texts, the concept of the sky has been matched with the green color concept. The green color has been used to express the sky. It has been determined in the texts examined that the green color was used in the same meaning as it has in the Turkish Language today. It has also been determined that the green color concept was used in the form of “yaşar”, “yaşarmak”, “yaş ağlamak”, “yaşıl”, “yişil” and “yeşil”. The word “yaşar” was used to mean “at the age of” and also to mean “to weep” or “to cry”. The word “yaşarmak” was used to mean “to become green”. It has been determined that the word “yaşdaş” was used to mean “peer”, “compeer”, and “counterpart” in some texts. In addition, it has also been determined that the term “yaş dolmak” was used to mean “to become mature” and “to become older”.},author={Yavuz Selim BAYBURTLU},year={2015},journal={Journal of Turkish Studies}}