PERCEPTION OF IMMIGRATION IN TURKUS (TURKISH FOLK SONGS)

Since The Central Asia, the Turks have adopted the nomadic lifestyle. Migration has been an inevitable consequence of coping with challenging climate conditions. This difficult lifestyle, scarcity and harsh climate have caused intense migrations from Central Asia. This is also the reason for the gradual migrations of the Turks towards Anatolia, which has more temperate climatic conditions. The Turkish people transmit their feelings, life and social relations with balgama’s (like lute) to the generations through the generations. In every song they say, there are social events such as complaint, separation of lovers, longing, lament, entertainment and sometimes migration. Immigration, which is an important element of social life, is found in turkus in different forms. Within the scope of this research, the "immigration" imagery emerging in turkus, which is the voice of the Turkish society, has been detected. The "migration" images that have been identified are classified according to their subjects and places of use. As a result, the Turkish society's perception of immigration has been exhibited in the eyes of turkus