TÜRK KÜLTÜRÜNDE GEYİK
Saadettin Yağmur GÖMEÇDEER IN TURKISH CULTURE Abstract: First of all, there are definitely animals such as wolves and deer (sıgun) in intertwined with the Turks in the past of the communities in the Turkish steppes. Because its one of the most common animals in these geographies. For this reason, they are the protagonists of the Turkish oral literature elements such as epics, stories and fairy tales. However, we should not forget the guidance of the wolf and the deer in these stories. However, when we look at what has been said over time, there may be a transition from wolf to deer, and deer is the most useful helper of people, like a horse, in the northern regions of the world and therefore in the Turkish geography of Siberia. Their transportation, food and clothing needs are provided by this animal. While the gray wolf represents valor, courage and owning her family in these narratives, probably the blue (kök) or white (ak) maral (deer) in Turkish-Mogolian stories also shows the beauty, delicacy, honor and endurance of the human being. In short the swamp, sea, river and mountain motifs that we see in the Türeyiş, Ergenekun and Dede Korkut epics of the Turks are also emphatically emphasized in the deer and hunter epics. The Turk, who has love for all living things in his essence, harmed neither an animal nor a plant unnecessarily, and deemed it a sin (yazuk) to do them. Therefore, great disasters befell those who kill animals such as deer. There are deer as a means of transportation, food and clothing in almost every moment of daily life, especially in the Siberian Turkish geography. As a result, the necessity of this animal is pointed out in all the stories.
