Academic Articles in Motif Folklore Magazine

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Academic Articles in Motif Folklore Magazine

The articles of Assist. Prof. Dr. Gökçe Yükselen Abdurrazak Peler and Lecturer – Zeki Akçam were published in the second volume of Cyprus Special in Motif Folklore Magazine which is being scanned by “ASOS Index”.

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The context of the article entitled "Thoughts on Childbirth Customs in Turkish Cypriots Ethnicity in regard to some Customs related to Birth" of Assist. Prof. Dr. - Gokce Yukselen Peler is as follows;

The study was an idea conducted on the ethnic origin of childbirth customs and beliefs of the Turkish Cypriots by some Greek and Western historians who made ethnicity speculation. The methods employed among Turkish Cypriot families that are without children, the remedies that families without any living children consult and customs and beliefs about an evil spirit named Albastı which is believed to infest on newborn babies and puerperal, were compared with similar practices that are applied around the rest of the Turkish world. In the comparisons, the applications which are applied in Cyprus Turks showed great similarity with the rest of the world that have been identified. This situation has revealed that the culture roots of Turkish Cypriots are firmly related with the rest of the Turkish-speaking world.

The article of Lecturer - Zeki Akcam which was entitled "The tunnel which provided access during the 20 July 1974 Peace Operation from Famagusta-Baykal region to Kaleiçi and transforming the tunnel into the Museum of Applied Folklore " is as follows:

In the study; the tunnel has an important place in the history of Cyprus and assembled construction of the tunnel which provided access from Famagusta - Baykal region to Kaleiçi during the Peace Operation, people who worked during the construction, the compiled information which was given about the supply of materials for the tunnel construction, then the process of the tunnel opened as the Museum of Applied Folklore, discussed in accordance with the applied folklore studies, has demonstrated that dilapidated and forgotten tunnels can provide significant contribution to the Turkish Cypriot community in social and economic ways as in the context of Applied Folklore.