Traces of ancient Turkish beliefs in Muğla region

The most important source of Turkish civilization is culture, and one of the most important elements that make up the culture is the deep-rooted beliefs of the Turkish nation. These beliefs combined with other cultural elements that make up the Turkish culture and served as a great bridge from the present to the past and the future of our history. This study, which we have done for this purpose, examines both Alevi-Bektashi people and Yoruk-Turkmen social life in Mugla Region, and reveals how old beliefs have been synthesized with Islam and continue until today. For this purpose, in the first part of our thesis, the reflections of the old Turkish religious system on the ancestors, sacrifices, votive and hair cults in the Mugla region are examined. In the second part; The existence of the shamanism tradition in Mugla region has been determined, and with the information obtained, the changes in the function of shamanism from pre-Islamic times until today are discussed. In the third part; rituals such as visiting saints on the heads of mountains, stones, water and trees, voting and sacrifice, making wishes, passing through a tree hole, tying a rag and turning around, in the fourth and last part; in the context of transitional rituals; hiding the umbilical cord of the born child, salting it, cooking a moonlight, naming it, printing amulets and pregnant women to protect the child from jinn and fairies, wearing amulets, scattering hair at weddings, burning henna, burning incense on the back of the deceased person, reading the mevlid, 3, 7, 40 bites many beliefs and rituals such as pouring are discussed.