Turkish folk law: The case of Silifke district of Mersin province

From the time that mankind existed in the world, there was an order, and some rules to ensure this order; also needed sanctions to ensure the functioning of the rules. In this context, human beings' experience of living together required the processes of socialization and reaching social phenomenon to be regulated by certain rules. In this study named "Turkish Folk Law: The Case of Silifke", the practices of folk law in Silifke district of Mersin and the articles of law that passed from folk law to written law were examined. Examples of the reflection of folk law to positive law are explained through case files and examined in the context of their relationship with folk law. The aim of this study is to examine what the sources of law are, how legal systems are formed, the place of oral law among the sources of law, and the transition of law from oral law to written law in society since the existence of human beings. This study consists of introduction, four main titles and conclusion. Methods such as "observation by participation", "in-depth interview", "life narratives" and "observation" were used to collect the information that is the source of the fourth and fifth parts of the study. In the collection and deciphering of the data in the field, care was taken to transfer the data by preserving the folk etymology in terms of the authenticity of the local feature. The study is important in terms of determining the changes that occur over time, as well as showing the society's own law from the past to the present in the form of creating, keeping alive and applying.