Telling of tales with miniature art: in the example of Naki Tezel's selected tales

For centuries, the word folk has been used to mean savage, primitive, ignorant or peasant to despise the lowest class of society. With the introduction of the idea of ​​"wild nobleman" by Jean Jacques Rousseau and the rapid spread of nationalism in the world after the French Revolution, this negative point of view towards the public gave way to curiosity and admiration. XVIII. century later and XIX. especially in Europe; Legends, stories, ballads and fairy tales were collected and compiled with the idea that the most accurate way to know the people is in folk literature. Due to the fact that the Ottoman Empire was a multinational empire, the idea of ​​"Ottomanism" was given importance, therefore, Turkish intellectuals' interest in folk culture was later than in Europe. The collection of Anatolian tales, which started with Ziya Gökalp, continued with many folklorists. Naki Tezel is one of the folklore researchers who collect Turkish tales and think that this is a national duty. He collected Tezel Turkish Tales and Istanbul Tales and turned them into a book. These books, which were published by many publishing houses, were reprinted in 2019 in Alfa publications and brought to Turkish readers. In this study, it is aimed to visualize selected examples from NakiTezel's Turkish Tales and Istanbul Tales with miniature art.