A study on folklore of Yesilova district in Burdur province

Culture is a phenomenon that every society produces, maintains and transmits in its own unique worldview and develops by being fed from various sources. It can survive by adapting itself to the conditions of the era, and is a phenomenon both transferred from a society's previous belief system and lifestyle and born from a new belief system and lifestyle. From past to present, societies have systematized all kinds of events by putting them into a set of beliefs and rules, and have created a lifestyle for both themselves and future generations. In this study, we will determine how the people living from past to present in Yeşilova District of Burdur have been living in a systematization process for thousands of years by collecting the cultural factors from their own sources. From birth to military service, marriage and death, what should be done and how it should be done will be examined together with the reasons; we will also explore our oral literary works, which have been put forward as a result of all this systematic life from past to present. In the introduction part of our study, the problem, purpose, significance, assumptions and limitations of our thesis were presented. In literature review section, information was given on the books, theses and articles written about the folk literature and folklore works of the region. In the method section, scientific research methods and techniques used during the study were introduced. In findings and interpretations, folklore and folk literature works that we compiled from the field and their evaluations were included. In the conclusion, evaluations were carried out on the current place and applicability of the folklore and folk literature works.