Elements of folklore in Talip Apaydın's novels

In the 16th century, the movement of locality started to take place in our written literature. Afterwards, the influence of folk culture was felt very much through Tanzimat and National Literature periods. After 1950, it focused on the concepts of folk and peasant was written in the form of a village novel in which peasants were addressing problems and poverty. Talip Apaydin, a contemporary novelist, has given rich works in the form of village novels as a village institution writer in terms of folklore. The aim of the study was to determine how and how much Talip Apaydın benefited from the elements of folklore. The author's Define, Emmioğlu, Ferhat İle Şirin, Kente İndi İdris, Köylüler, Ortakçılar, Sarı Traktör, Toz Duman İçinde, Tütün Yorgunu, Vatan Dediler, Yoz Davar, Yarbükü novels were evaluated and a relationship between the author's romance and folklore was established. The study has been divided into four main chapters. In the first chapter, the writer's life, works, literary personality are conveyed. In addition, the definition and history of folklore are discussed in detail. In the second chapter; legend, fairy tale, folk tale, short story, meddah tale, lullaby, joke, folk song, cenkname, complaint and folk poetry were examined. In the third chapter, which is the most voluminous part of the work, goods, beliefs, social norms, traditions and customs related to the transition period, formal numbers, phrases, language and expression, folk treasure hunting, folk medicine, folk calendar, folk mathematic, folk meteorology, folk kozmogony, folk botany, folk zoology, folk architecture, folk economy, folk kitchen, folk entertainment, folk transport, social solidarity and cooperation institutions, occupations and crafts and finally gifts, hospitality and respect were placed. As a result of the reviews and evaluations, it has been found that the authors' fiction contains a lot of folklore elements. it has been seen that the author's novelty has been enriched at the same time he has included folk culture. From time to time, the author has approached folklore elements in a critical sense, in particular in the context of folk beliefs. The data obtained in the study are tabulated in order to gain a holistic viewpoint, expressed in numerical values.