Transition periods in Turkish folk story of Anatolian field

Turkish folk stories told in Anatolia field, hold a significant place in the realm of folk literature because they are a narrative genre that embodies significant traces of Turkish history and culture. These stories, which facilitate the transition from epic to modern narrative and are passed down through oral tradition, have continued to endure and reflect the shared norms of society since their emergence on the historical stage. In our study, first of all; information about Turkish folk stories and folk storytelling existing in the Anatolian field has been given and studies conducted on the subject have been conveyed. In addition, information about transition periods has been given and general information has been given about studies conducted on this subject and birth, marriage, death transition periods. In the continuation, fifty stories from twenty-two different narrators have been examined. The examined stories have been compared not only in the Anatolian Field; but also, with old or current cultural traces in other Turkish geographies and similar examples in different narrative texts. It has been aimed to reveal to what extent the transition periods in question have been accepted, processed and valued in folk stories formed within the Turkish cultural circle.