The clues of old Turkish beliefs in Elazığ folklore

Mankind have needed to believe in something and have closely linked to this beliefs since the beginning of history. Throught history in each period, these beliefs that have always kept actuality have had the characteristic of a guide to which people have consulted in each areas, and also have guided the humanbeings in each area Humanbeings that have remained in a desperate from time to time, have eliminated helplessness by taking the advantage of same beliefs. The belief that work to resolve the despair has entered into humanlife in this way and has given direction to the behaviours of human being.The beliefs that are so important in human life are so effective that they are an indispensible part of daily life. Ancient Turkish beliefs whose influence is so strong have deeply penetrated to Turkish traditions, customs and lifestyle have come up to the present day. In this contex, we can say that, the customs and traditions around Elazığ bear traces of the ancient Turkish beliefs.The aim of our study is to identify similarities of practises, which we encounter in daily life and apply to the most important periods of ancient Turkish beliefs in present day beliefs.The finding that we have achieved as a result of our study have shows that, the practices that are applied in present customs and traditions are the continuation of the old Turkish beliefsKey words: Ancient Turkish beliefs, tradition and custom, Elazığ, beliefs.