50th Years Of The Establihment Of Public Admistration Folklore Unit In Turkey

Folklore in Turkey, between the years 1913-1914, was introduced as a new branch of science by Ziya Gökalp, M. Fuad Köprülü and Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı. In 1927 Turkish Public Information Society and in 1932, after the voluntary work initiated by the Community homes was expressed the need for a Folklore Institute. There were few number of universities, so Folklore Institutes couldn't been established. In this case, Institution of National Folklore Instition was established on May 16, 1966, depending on Ministry of National Education of Undersecretariat for Culture. The approval was given by under the signatures of General Director Mehmet Onder, Counsellor Adnan Otuken and Minister Orhan Dengiz. The Institute was attached to the Ministry of the establishment of the Ministry of Culture. Between 16 May 1966-17 June 1973, on the directorates period of H. Cahit Öztelli, H. Avni Özbenli, Nail Tan and Sevgi Babaoğlu, first seven editions were published. Vehicles, tape recorder, camera, fotocamera were purchased and the first collection was published. For aspiring teachers, compiler training course and Karagiozis/Karaghiozis (Karagöz) courses were opened. Folklore archives and folklore specialist library were established. I. International Turkish Folklore Seminar was held(1973). On the date of 17 June 1973, National Folklore Institute took the name of National Folklore Research Department. Expanding the staff and budget of Institute were expanded and was brought to serve efficient data services.