To understand Turkish Folk Poetry within its historical process and development stages and to improve knowledge about folk poetry.

Turkish folk poetry tradition. Ozan-baksı tradition and its characteristics in Turkish Cultural Life before Islam. What is the Khorasan esoteric tradition? The formation, transformation and current situation of the folk poetry tradition in the process. Evaluation of the products of folk poetry tradition. Explanation of the traditions of Yunus Emre, Pir Sultan Abdal, Köroğlu, Karac'oğlan. Exemplary folk poets such as Seyrani, Erzurumlu Emrah, Aşık Veysel are conveyed in a tradition-bound manner. The course will be taught with the students' shared homework content, and a participatory presentation environment will be created.