About the Journal

History: Türk Folklor Araştırmaları is a monthly folklore journal published between August 1949 and January 1980.  The journal was founded by İhsan Hınçer and published 366 issues since then under the  editorship of Hınçer. After Bora Hınçer, the last owner and editor, transferred the re-publication rights of the journal to Metin Karadağ, the journal started to be published online again as the publication organ of the TRNC Turkish Folklore Research Institute.
Turkish Folklore Research (TFA) journal publishes original, methodological articles in the basic fields of folklore, anthropology, literature and other social sciences related to these fields in accordance with the aims, principles and scope of its establishment and publication processes. 

The journal is published twice a year in January and July. The language of DOI-registered articles in TFA, which is an open access journal with double-blind referee system, is Turkish and English. Manuscripts edited according to the rules and principles of the journal are submitted through the Article Tracking System on the journal website. For this and similar issues, please write to info@turkfolklorarastirmalari.com or tfadergisi@gmail.com.

Current Issue

No. 371 (2025)
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Published: 2025-06-30

Full Issue

Memoirs

  • After 1967s...

    Saim Sakaoğlu
    1-15
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.96

  • Travelling Legends - I Travelling Legends

    Bilge Seyidoğlu
    16-18
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.98

Articles

  • ‘May He/She Rest in Lights’: Reflection on Wishes in Funerary Folklore ‘May He/She Rest in Lights’

    Ali Osman Öztürk, Meral Ozan
    19-37
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.66

  • The Sultan Nevruz Cem Ritual at the Seyyid Sultan Shucaaddin Veli Lodge The Sultan Nevruz Cem Ritual

    Aslı Büyükokutan Töret, Zülal Söğüt
    38-74
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.64

  • The Role of the Kırşehir Abdals in the Transformation of Âşık Poetry into Bozlak Kırşehir Abdals

    Salahaddin Bekki
    75-88
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.71

  • Imported Tapestry Became Popular in Türkiye After the 1960s Imported Tapestry

    A. Özgür Güvenç
    89-127
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.87

  • Images related to the falling-in-love episode in printed folk tale books in Arabic script in the style of âşık (minstrel) storytelling Pictures in Folk Tales

    Aslıhan Sümbüllü, Dilaver Düzgün
    128-153
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.95

  • A Humorical Genre in Uzbek Folk Literature: Lof Uzbek Folk Literature

    Hüseyin Baydemir
    154-164
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.94

  • Perception of Holiness From Myth to Folk Story Perception of Holiness

    Mehmet Emin Bars
    165-185
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.91

  • Interrelationships Between Narrative Genres Narrative Genres

    Mehmet Naci Önal
    186-205
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.90

  • 19th Century Azerbaijani Literature: The First Examples of Novels and Short Stories 19th Century Azerbaijani Literature

    Sedat Adıgüzel
    206-225
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.86

  • Some Determinations on the Use of Nine Formals in Enemy Qualifications

    Özkan Daşdemir
    226-235
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.67

  • Nostalji Bağlamında Kentsel Yenileme: Hamamönü Örneği

    Gözde Tekin
    236-262
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.78

  • Animal Symbolism in Erzurum Folktales Animal Symbolism

    Nihangül Daştan
    263-292
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.83

  • Both Sides of the Bars: A Murder Mystery Novel Analysis

    Fatih Tepebaşılı
    293-305
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.81

  • The Thematic Context of Neriman Cahit’s Poetry

    Aslı Değer, Şevket Öznur
    306-331
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.65

  • Between Oral Narratives and Ritual Formations: A Symbolic Anthropological Analysis of Folktales and Initiation Between Oral Narratives and Ritual Formations

    Elif Kanca
    332-363
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.80

  • An Attempt to Read the Legacy of the Brothers Grimm through Edirne and Istanbul Fairy Tales Brothers Grimm

    Selma Sol
    364-381
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.75

  • A Study on the Motifs in the Fairy Tales Collected by Âşık İhsan Ozanoğlu A Study on the Motifs in the Fairy Tales

    Ezgi Berk, Gülten Küçükbasmacı
    382-404
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.77

  • The Reflection of Mythological Elements in Erzincan Fairy Tales Mythological Elements

    Ruhi Kara, İshak Şahin
    405-420
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.76

  • Mythological Folk Songs in Macedonian Culture Mythological Folk Songs

    Filiz Mehmetoğlu
    421-439
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.79

  • Traces of Religious-sûfi Turkish Folk Poetry in Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu's Poem “Birinci Mektup (First Letter)” Folk Poetry in Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu's Poem

    Ahmet Can
    440-459
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.92

  • The Role of Uncles (Mother’s Brother) and Nephews In Turkish Culture The Role of Uncles (Mother’s Brother)

    Gülhan Atnur
    460-471
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61620/tfa.99
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