A psychosociological study on tomb visits - the case of Corum

With this studiy, it is aimed to make the psychosociological analysis of the tomb visits in the example of Corum Hıdırlık. Tomb, etc. Places are accepted as holy places where the beloved servants of Allah are buried. This belief is found not only in Islamic countries, but also in almost all religions and cultures. Several rituals are also practiced during the visits to these places, which are considered sacred. It is believed that the companions were buried in the tombs in the Hıdırlık region of Corum, where we conducted our study. For this reason, the visits made here are not only made for the purpose of visiting but also for the realization of some prayers and wishes. Particularly, mass visits such as marriage ceremony, circumcision ceremony and soldier's farewell are frequently encountered. The purpose of such visits is for the merried people to establish a good marriage, for the circumcised child to be a good son, and for the young man who went to the military to come back in a good way. In the same way, this region is heavily fooded with visitors during holy nights and religious holidays, which are blessed days and nights. In addition, it is seen that the region is visited within the scope of faith tourism. In this study, we analyzed the reasons for these visits to the tombs of the Companions Suheyb-i Rûmî, Kereb-i Gazi and Ubeyd-i Gazi located in Corum Hıdırlık region, the religious and psychological states of the visitors before, during and after the visit to the mathod of Psychology of Religion and to be determined according to its methods. We can express the importance of our work as follows. First of all, the most important aspect of this study is that the visits to the tombs of Suheyb-i Rûmî, Kereb-i Gazi and Ubeyd-i Gazi in the Hıdırlık region of Corum are the first postgraduate thesis studied in the field of psychology of religion. In addition, our study is important in terms of contributing to the field in relation to the studies on sacred site visits. Our study was conducted using quantitative research method and questionnaire technique.