GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF PROVERBS OF ERZINCAN ERZ NCAN ATAS ZLER N N CO RAF ANAL Z

Human being is in interaction with the place on which he lives. This interaction appears, in the way that environmental conditions determine and direct human life, human gives his environment a shape and predispose it in favour of himself. Environmental conditions have long had a significant impacts on human varying from dietary forms to wearings, daily behavioral forms to habitats, beliefs forms to art and culture, in various way. Proverbs are non-materialistic cultural documents that human has brought out with his experiences in the course of interaction of human with his environment. In the proverbs, the truths of which are approved by society, in which recommendations and messages are processed, the main target is simplifying comprehension, keeping permanence, affecting listeners and telling more with less. The proverbs used in all over the world concist of universal messages for human, whereas a great part are limited to local. Initial usage and transfer through generations are possible with long observations and experiences. These observations and experiences may be weathering events such as rain, heat, wind or natural marks such as mountain, hill, tree, water, or a human activity. In some proverbs, while the event is told directly, there is a deep meaning in statement. In our study, the proverbs of Erzincan and its surroundings are analyzed as to their geographical features. nsano lu üzerinde ya ad mekan ile kar l kl etkile im halindedir. Bu etkile im sürecinde evresel artlar insan hayat n e itli ekil ve boyutlarda etkilerken, insan da evreyi de i tirmekte veya kendi yarar na uygun hale getirmeye al maktad r. evresel artlar yüzy llard r insanlar üzerinde beslenme kal plar ndan giyimlerine, günlük davran bi imlerinden ya ad klar meskenlere, inan bi imlerinden sanat ve kültürlerine kadar ok e itli y nlerden belirleyici olmaya devam etmektedir. Atas zleri de o unlukla evre-insan etkile imi sürecinde insanlar n tecrübeleri ile ortaya kard klar maddi olmayan kültür belgeleridir. Do rulu u toplumca kabul g ren e itli tavsiye ya da mesajlar n i lendi i atas zlerinde temel hedef, hat rlamay kolayla t rma, kal c l sa lama, dinleyici üzerinde etkili olma ve az s zle ok ey anlatmad r. Dünyan n hemen her yerinde kullan lan atas zlerinin bir k sm evrensel zellikte tüm insanlara y nelik mesajlar i erirken, nemli bir k sm ise yerele hitap etmektedir. lk kullan l lar ve nesiller boyu aktar mlar uzun g zlem ve deneyimlerle mümkündür. Bu g zlem ve deneyimler ya , s cakl k ve rüzgar gibi bir iklim eleman olabilece i gibi