Özet:

In this study is insisted historial development and geographical structure of Baskil. A county town of Baskil and in the environment visited sacred placed and related them various belief and practices is showed. Visiting places are labelled by the names of votive offering, Dede (a senior dervish) Baba (elder of religious order), Sheikh, Eren (saint), Evliya (Moslem saint), Yatir or Turbe (tomb).These places with certain beliefs, legends and miracles attributed to them and the visits for thepurpose of votice offerings and making wills have been discovered in our filed study, namely, in Baskil and its surroundings. The beliefs and practices which are shown during the visits have parallels with the beliefs and practices shown in the other Turkish communities.

Anahtar Kelimeler: