A study on The Köroğlu narratives among Iranian Turks

This study which named as "A Study on the Köroğlu Narratives among Iranian Turks", is an analysis based on 11 variants which were told by ashiks of Iran Turks. The method which was used in this research is "Actantial Model" of J. M. Adam, A. J. Greimas and P. Larivaille, also known as "syntax of narrative". In our study, firstly, it has been tried to examine historical, geographical and demographic information of Iran Turks who are inhabitants of the Iran region where collected these 11 variants. Then, it has been given place to texts and studies which based on a wide range between the first Koroglu story which collected from Iran Turks and the modern Koroglu stories. In this context, it has been listed traditions of ashiks of Iran Turks, has been given their Koroglu stories, has been examined their structure. This study was examined in five subtitles as "Initial state", "Provocation", "Dynamic process", "Sanction" and "Final state" under the title of "Narrative Sequence", under the title of "Actants and Players". We also tried to examine the structures of these 11 variants and gave their abstracts.