Anonymous folk li̇terature and folk culture research of Gazi̇antep's baraks

Gaziantep is one of the significant conjuction points of Turkish Culture Geography. In this respect. Gaziantep has hosted various Türkmen groups from yesterday to today. At the same time, Gaziantep has been one of the passangeways to Anatolia of Turkmen groups coming from South. In political way, The Mamluks, Beylik of Dulkadiroğulları and Ottoman Goverment Administration have presented in this region. As Ottoman Goverment has exposed Turkmen groups coming from East to inhabitation, Ottoman Goverment has hosted Barak Turkmens to region whose division is in Syria soils nowadays. Baraks who have lived in Gaziantep center, Nizip, Oğuzeli and Karkamış'n district centers and villages have rich cultural asset in the aspect of folk literature and folk culture. In this work, Gaziantep Baraks's this culture asset at issue was searched under the name of "Gaziantep Baraks Anonymous Folk Culture" . Work consists of four sections. Collecting, classification and avaluation about topics of Gaziantep Baraks Anonymous folk literature and folk culture products were done in work. Gaziantep Baraks's detected Anonymous folk Literature and folk Culture products were put forward place in general Turkish folk literature and folk culture in respect to similarty and diffirences. Written, oral and electronic resources about topic were benefitted. Key Words: Folk culture, folk literature, Gaziantep, barak, barak room.