Abstract:

After the conquest in 1571, the Turks who were placed in Cyprus continued to struggle for their existence in the last century. After being subjected to a great oppression and persecution, they founded the TRNC on 15 November 1983 with a great support of Turkey. The other Turkish noble state involved in the study is East Turkestan, where approximately 24 million Uyghur population are located. East Turkestan is a country that has very important economic resources but cannot use them properly due to the pressure and politics of China. When we look at the literary and oral cultural products of the nations, we clearly see the reflection of the social-political events they have experienced. In this sense, it is very important to examine the verbal products of both nations in every aspect. As one of these oral products, the tale can be defined as a type of oral, anonymous folk literature, giving advice and lecturing in one subject, having functions such as educating children, including formal elements, motifs and descriptions, and possessing a clear, plain language and expression but not a specific and certain time and place. The educational function of the tales is a particular issue to be emphasized. Because it is necessary to choose the tales to be used in child education carefully. In our work, we tried to show and examine the negative elements in the tales of both Turkish societies by evaluating their heroes. From the educational perspective, it is possible to list some negative elements for children in the Turkish Cypriot folk tales as follows: Death, violence, jealousy, greed, lying, immorality, begging, breaking a promise and so on. We encountered the following negative elements in the Uyghur Turkish folk tales that we had reviewed: Bribery, greed, lying, theft, opium use, curse, death, and so on. With reference to the negative elements in and plotlines of the tales that we have examined, it is possible to state that the Uyghur Turkish folk talks are weaker than the Turkish Cypriot folk tales in terms of educational quality.

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