Özet:

Rituals are one of the most important practices that have emerged from the relationship of religious and social life with the sacred. Abundance rites, protection from disasters, disease, drought and famine relief practices, rain rituals are the best examples of such practices. The Turks have resorted to numerous religious-magical processes in this direction in accordance with the religions and the beliefs they have adopted. In Islamic terminology, such practices have been named as “rukye”. The practices of healing, getting rid of negative things or situations or preserving them through various processes, called” Rukye", is one of the methods that has been applied for centuries. Among these practices, the beginning of a new year ceremonies and the rituals performed in these ceremonies havean important place. The main purpose of this study is to record of all the knowledge in the social memory about 1001 Hatim, which has been going on for about five centuries in Erzurum, and consists of many religious beliefs, as well as the different traditions, customs and practice, passed from generation to generation as a cultural heritage, to define the ritual, to make a scientific evaluation of its folkloric elements, to determine the religious, cultural, historic and social reasons underlying the practices. The following questions are sought to be answered in the study. Who started this ritual performed at the beginning of each new year in Erzurum? For what purposes and in what ways is the ritual practiced? What is the current state of tradition? Why is the ritual given this name? How is the social approach to this ritual? The importance of this ritual from a religious and social point of view? In order to answer these questions, the historical documents and field study data are collected and analyzed. In the field, interviews have been done with those who perform or participate to the traditions in order to record the knowledge. The research is important in terms of addressing and introducing all aspects of this tradition, which has been going on for centuries and is considered a cultural treasure, on an academic and scientific platform, and thus providing inclusion in the inventory of Turkish Cultural Heritage.