Sacred ecology in Altai epic

The negative impact of environmental problems, which are felt all over the world, on the ecosystem is increasing day by day. Environmental knowledge about nature and eco-cultural values of societies are determinative in people's behavior towards nature. Deep ecology philosophy, which is one of the environmentalist movements that try to produce solutions on ecological problems, is against the anthropocentric environmental approach, but also criticizes the shallow ecological attitudes whose purpose is only to protect people. The philosophy of deep ecology, which sees man as a part of the ecosystem, not the ruler of the world, advocates the understanding of the integrity of nature. According to deep ecologists, seeing every element in nature as valuable and respecting it is possible with an ecological self-perception established with a spiritual bond. Sacred ecology; examines the knowledge of indigenous and rural peoples around the world, and explores this knowledge and their ways of learning it. In this study, the Altai epics were examined with a descriptive analysis technique and an ecocritical approach within the framework of the principles of deep ecology philosophy and the concept of sacred ecology. It has been tried to contribute to today's nature consciousness with the findings determined through the epic texts of the eco-cultural consciousness of the Altai Turks. It has been tried to reach the eco-cultural consciousness of Altai Turks through the epics of Maaday Kara, Oçı Bala, Ay Sologoy Lo Kun Kologoy, which were examined by descriptive analysis method. It has been seen that Altai Turks have developed an ecological self based on seeing everything in nature alive, integrating with nature, living together, biospheric equality, giving intrinsic value to nature and ecocentric nature understanding. Daha sonra doldurulacaktır