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Makale Özeti:
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Turkish culture bears a culture of wealthy oral tradition of which background dates back to
hundreds of years. Among them the oldest ones are epics, proverbs, folktales, anecdotes and
folksongs. Anecdotes of Nasreddin Hodja for instance are among the richest samples of our oral
tradition. In the same way Dede Korkut stories, with the 12 stories they contain, are not merely
based upon heroic narratives; they also function as educative texts with the type, concept, value and
code of conduct exemplified in stories. Similarly, proverbs have reached to the modern day
throughout ages upon being uttered and tested by collective experience and intellect. Likewise
folksongs are heart-moving expressions of love and partition; joy and sorrow and common life
experiences. The reason they have lived so long can not only be explained with the fact that they are
written somewhere but because they are engraved in public memory. Once they lose their unique
position then they are lost and forgotten eternally; not to be shared orally or written anymore.Upon
analyzing the issue of oral tradition and education in general, this study aims to elaborate values
education in particular on Dede Korkut Stories. Globally approved values of goodness are
friendship-amity, loyalty, valor, bravery, compassion, trustworthiness, honesty and reliability.
Knowing well one’s friend or foe, staying alert against dangers are not merely a practice of testing
the values but they are also prerequisites of surviving. These stories spring forth to treat, boost and
enliven such values. The reason they are narrated is to reproduce values in a way to train the
personality and fit it into real life. The vitality of oral tradition elements in modern age is strong
evidence that they still possess an educating, entertaining and developing function.
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