Abstract:

This study is about the “lover and the darling” in the folk songs of Erzurum. In the study, The Erzurum environs folk songs have been examined on a framework of love, lover and beloved component. In our study approximately 140 Erzurum folk song were evaluated and the answers of the questions such as what is the love, what are the behaviors and actions between the lover and the darling and what are their expectations to each other, who and how is the darling, the dressing, the length, the age of him/her… were searched.

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