A study on the relation ship between the concept and culture

The memory of the society is read, understood and evaluated by the concepts which have been formedandare being formed. Culture plays an effective role in the formation of language, creating concepts, in the contents of the concepts and their becoming terms, in the formation of understanding and values, improvement of society, in modernity and change, in technology production and use, information transfer, in forming a modern point of view and discourse, and in the cultural acceptance/rejection. The same concepts are attributed different meanings due to cultural differences in the society; and it is seen that the contents of the concepts change through time with regard to culture. The reasons that result in the change, gaining or losing sense of the concepts, transformation the functions of society among these (effects of religious and moral values, local/foreign cultures, media (visual/printed), populism, globalism, and some political and ideological trends), and the role played by culture on the concepts were tried to be evaluated with examples. Keywords: Language, Idea, Meaning, Culture, Concept.