Traditional Culture of Kazakh Turks Settled in Manisa – Salihli
Project no. 206 · Status: Kapanmış · 2015
Summary
In 1952, East Turkistan Kazakhs accepted as immigrants, as the first guest house in Istanbul, Turkey, from there they placed in five different regions. Our project work area of the Kazakhs living in Salihli district of Manisa which is one of the regions where they were first ruled when they arrived in East Turkistan Kazakhs in Turkey. The Kazakhs who came to Salihli between 1952 and 1954 where placed in the Kurtulush neighborhood built for immigrants. After the first period, as the Kazakhs came from other cities and settling here, there has been significant migration both domestically (from the beginning to Istanbul) and abroad. However, a certain population still lives today in this neighborhood and trying to preserve their culture. The Kazakhs are starting to live in Turkey with changing socio-economic conditions, dominant culture influence, big society sruggle, the rapid development of technology, etc. have caused the inevitable changes in the cultures of the societies. The traditional cultures of the Manisa – Salihli Kazakhs and the changes in this culture have been examined in our Project. Within the scope of our Project, we conducted the compilation activities in Salihli were first interviewed with the immigrants and the migration story was compiled and recorded. Then the first generation or the other generations interviews were made from traditional culture and the changes that have taken place over the year. During this period, the opportunity to participate in various rituals (religious festival, wedding etc.) was obtained and this ritual was recorded. With the compilation of the traditional cultures of the Kazakhs, changes during their time in Salihli were also observed.