FOLK LITERATURE PRODUCTS IN WRITTEN WORKS OF KARAMANLI PEOPLE AROUND CAPPADOCIA

Karamanis are a society that has lived together with the Turks in Anatolia for centuries and has left many traces to the Anatolian culture. The cultural assets of the Karamans, who are not Turkish-speaking Greeks or Orthodox Turks, cannot be reached consensus even today. This society, which was sent to Greece with the exception of the ones in Istanbul, is open to be examined in both literary and cultural aspects. Although they use the Greek alphabet, the Karamanis, who speak and write in Turkish, contribute to the oral tradition of Anatolia in this context, and also contribute to the written literature. In this study, the social, folkloric and cultural experiences of Karamanians in the cities of Ni？de, Kayseri and Aksaray in the light of written and oral culture products will be emphasized