Nevruz Celebrations as a Cultural Heritage An Analysis and Model Suggestion for the Turkish World
Project no. 21587 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2020
Summary
Culture is the common value of societies, the sum of people's ability to live and produce together. Culture is the expression of the values that a society has transferred from the past to the present, such as language, tradition, custom and custom. One of the most important of these transfers is the feasts. One of the most important events celebrated by the Independent Turkish States as a feast is Nevruz. Nevruz is a feast that has different meanings for the Independent Turkish States and is celebrated with special rituals every year on March 21 and its week. Egg tapping, jumping from fire, forging iron, and visiting are some of these rituals. For Turkish States, Nevruz generally means abundance, fertility, unity, revival and new life. The ways in which Nevruz is celebrated have similar characteristics in Turkish States, but they can also show differences. In this study, it is aimed to examine the press reflections on how Nevruz Festival is celebrated in seven Independent Turkish States. In this context, first of all, three newspapers published in each of Turkey, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan were selected. The news of these newspapers about Nowruz Feast between the years 2015-2020 was examined in the Maxqda 2020 program by creating themes, categories and codes with content analysis. In the study, it was learned that the mentioned states reported on events rather than Nowruz rituals, they had similar traditions such as jumping from fire, egg tapping, and different traditions such as forging iron, cooking original, traditional dishes, and having local games. Keywords: Nowruz, Independent Turkish States, News Analysis, Culture, Nowruz Rituals.