An investigation of Naki Tezel's "Turkish Tales" book in terms of the basic principles of children's literature

Tales are the one of the prominent products in the field of folk literature with its contributions to child education. The examination of tales in terms of the basic principles of children's literature has been one of the academic research areas of many researchers in recent years. In this research, the form and content characteristics of the book of prominent tale researcher Naki Tezel's "Türk Masalları" are evaluated in terms of the basic principles of children's literature, especially the principle of suitability for child. In this study, fifty-four tale, collected by Naki Tezel in his "Türk Masalları" were analyzed by using the document analysis method which is one of the qualitative research methods. Analysis of tales were carried out by means of design features, content characteristics. In the design features section of the analysis, cover, page, image, point size were investigated, Then in the content characteristic part of the analysis, subject, fiction, theme, message, language and expression, educational and literary principles are evaluated in terms of character and environment characteristics. Within the framework of the analyzes, it has been determined that the tales VIII in Naki Tezel's "Türk Masalları" can generally give children readers a habit of reading and give aesthetic pleasure, but some of the tales contradict the principle of suitability to the child in terms of both educational values and design