Economic elements in the folk tales in Turkey

Tales, which have an important place among the creation of oral culture, have been the subject of many studies and have been examined from various perspectives. It was realized that each fairy tale in our cultural memory had an economic plot on its own as in our daily life, and it was thought that the relationship between fairy tale and one of the social sciences should be examined. The lack of an independent study on this subject was one of the reasons that encouraged us to do so. In this thesis, compiled books from Turkey in the field, doctoral dissertations and master's degree in economics tale elements contained in the text published in the dissertation was examined by determining. In our study, the definition of economics and the stages that constitute the basis of economics, basic concepts and terms related to economics, its reflection in economics and tales in Turkish folk culture, human, commodity (objects, products) and space in economics in tales are discussed in detail.