Abstract:

People's fairy tales of the Cyprus Turks host in their oral characteristics, characters, event organizations, folklore elements and many other aspects of local characteristics, continues the oral literary culture of the island. When you look at the Gagavuz Turkish folk stories, it is also seen that they have great similarities with the Anatolian stories. It is revealed by the studies that the Orthodox Christian Gagavuzs did not break their bonds with both the Anadolu and past Turkish culture and were feeding from here. In this study, it was attempted to identify how the accumulation of the stories preserved in the social subconsciousness of Cyprus and Gagavuz Turkish culture throughout the history reflects the female typology. Furthermore, through the stories of the Cyprus and Gagavuz Turkish communities, the perspective of the woman, the functions, roles and general appearance of the woman in society were also determined. The stories are like a free space where those who cannot be spoken are said, where those who cannot be done are made. Therefore, the texts that show the perspective of the woman and the perception of the woman with all the nakedness. In the study, the quality research method and document analysis technique have been used to obtain data. The sample of the study is made up of 20 fairy tales selected from both cultures by the aim of the sample method. In the review section, the stories were solved by the "betimical analysis" method. With the results obtained, it has been found that the types of fairy tales are most characteristic in the stories and that the woman’s fairy tales are positioned in the roles that directly influence the event organization. In Cyprus and Gagavuz Turkish folk fairy tales, it has also been seen that the woman is a good mother, a working, intelligent, talented woman, a respected and loving spouse.

Abstract:

Folk tales of Cypriot Turks have several local features such as dialect properties, characters, plots, folkloric elements and others, and maintain literature culture which is unique to the island. An examination of Gagauzian Turkish folk tales shows that they have several features in common with Anatolian folk tales. Studies have shown that Orthodox Christian Gagauzians maintain their relations with both Anatolia and their past Turkish culture and fed from these sources. This paper attempts to determine the manner with which the accumulation kept by folk tales throughout history which preserve the social sub-conscious of Cypriot and Gagauzian Turkish culture is reflected on female typology. In addition, effort has been paid to identify the functions, roles and general outlook of women and the attitude of the society towards women in Cypriot and Gagauzian Turkish communities through folk tales. Folk tales are like areas of liberty where the unspeakable is spoken and undoable is done. For this reason, they are texts which display the social attitude towards and perception of women without hiding anything. In this study qualitative research method and document analysis technique was used in order to obtain the data. The sample of the study consisted of 20 tales from each culture which were chosen using purposive sampling method.  In the examination section the folk tales are examined using “descriptive analysis” method. An overview of the obtained results shows that folk types are mostly found in narratives with personality features and that women are placed in roles which directly affected the plot of the folk tales. In addition, it has been witnessed that in Cypriot and Gagauzian Turkish folk tales women are in the position of good mothers, hardworking, intelligent and skilled women, and loved and respected wives.

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