The Sun Which Rising Over of Steppe: Bozkırın Sırrı Türk Peygamber

In this article; the novel of Bozkırın Sırrı Türk Peygamber which deal with the culture and geography of Central Asia in terms of many aspects such as religious, political, social and cultural issues has been examined according to elements of folklore. When considering the historical development of the culture-themed novels in Turkish Literature, the first novels depicting the traditions, customs, and cultural themes in a village setting have initiated the first village novels. In this period, there have been a number of new attempts in literature and writers have started being interested in Anatolia and they have presented rich examples of village-themed novels. Althoug it is regarded as a genre with a western origin, the village-themed literature or novel has proved itself as a special literal genre in Turkish Literature with its groundbreaking samples that have been published since those periods. The novel of Bozkırın Sırrı Türk Peygamber is a great example of he drifts from Anatolia to Central Asia unlike the drifts from villages to thé metropolitan of Istanbul observed in the first examples. In the novel, the place that is being looked for is not Anatolia. The thing that is being traced is the preparation of the current heritage in Anatolia. In this context, this novel is examined in terms of folklore with an aim of reaching Anatolia. Steppe is the origin where Turkish culture was born. Turkish people learnt how to be a nation, how to be a state and how to produce in steppe and brought this knowledge and these traditions to Anatolia. The reason why most of the traditions observed in Anatolia today is related to thé Central Asia is because Turkish culture spread the other geographies from the Central Asia. Being a steppe novel, Bozkırın Sırrı Türk Peygamber provides rich examples of this culture. From this point of view, the importance of this novel is obvious.

Keywords

Popular Culture, Popular Literature, Morals of Turkish, Tradition and Custom.