Erdemli (Center) folklore Mersi̇n

In this study, it's aimed to gather the cultural components of peculiar to Mersin's Erdemli (center) beside, to collect documents and memories of citizens, to transfer the living cultural components, to the next generations before death and to present the materials to the researchers who study in different fields. The literature was researched, the settlements were observed, and the data was collected by talking people to be basis of study. The cultural components were observed by visiting the region many times, and using observation method, the necessary ones were photographed. The reaction, interest and comments of citizens against life and culture is tried to be understood. During all these studies, we tried to be so kind to all the people whom we talked in data collection, so that they would be glad and be volunteer in helping. As a result, it was shown that a human behavior coming uncorrupted from the first settlement in the region to present, according to this, in various phases of human life, the presence of a rich cultural texture going trought to depths of history; however modern life style and technology brings up its existing and effects also in this region whit a great speed, because of this, the old and the new, the tradition, and modernism is living together. Also it was shown that the citizens of the region kept the cultural components that they carried from the middle Asia, and their ancestors by going together with the Islamic and west style alive, but by all means preventing. Keywords: Erdemli, folklore, folk literature, Mersin, folk culture.