Özet:

Death is a part of life. From time immemorial, humans have expressed sadness for the loss of their loved ones. As societies evolved in different parts of the World, they developed different attitudes and traditions to death. The Phenomenon of death occupies an important position in Turkish Culture and Thought. In Ancient Turkish societies, the ceremonies of burying dead bodies were various and vigorous. Because of this, some ceremonies is fulfilled in death which is one of very important stages of life and after this. It is known that the Turkish beginning from the ancient Turkish people from Central Asia often prefer to Express many events and concepts through the use of symbols instead of writing. In this article, It has been put forward that; the abstract cases are named with the terms used in expressing the concrete cases; the terms belonging to religious life like, ‘ağıt, yas, aş, sagu, sığıt, yoğ’ are exclusively interested in the states of the soul and body during and after death, together the rituals and activities made by the survivors; these are connected to the root of the verb ‘ığ ~ ağ’.

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