Ulubey folklore monography

Ulubey is one of the places where the first Turkish settlements were seen in the Black Sea Region. Even earlier than Ordu, Ulubey was used as a center by Hacıemirogulları who conquered the region in the 1380s. Then, in 1427, when the Ottoman state took over the Hacıemiroğulları Principality, it became under the rule of the Ottoman State and on April 1, 1958, its administrative structure was transformed into a district. Ulubey, which is a district of Ordu province, has 35 villages and 6 neighborhoods. This study, which includes the folklore monograph of Ulubey district, consists of three main sections. In the first part, the history, geographical structure, human, social and economic situation of the region are examined in consideration of documents and researches. In the second part, verbal culture products with the subheadings of "tales, legends, stories, folk songs, divine, quatrain, rhymes, jokes, riddles, proverbs and idioms, prayer and curse, folk poets, local dialect features" are compared to type, motif, variant. It has been evaluated by making analysis. In the third part, "ceremonies, folk beliefs, folk medicine, children's games, folk calendar, folk meteorology, folk law and custom, folk mathematics, local clothing, local handicrafts, local architecture, local cuisine and nutrition culture, transhumance and livestock culture, folk dances" sections, daily life and folklore products were compiled and examined. The place of these products in Turkish culture has been revealed by making comparisons with similar products in other regions. Finally, the Ulubey region dictionary, which was obtained from various researches, compiled materials and daily speeches, was prepared and many local words that were about to be forgotten were recorded.