History

Turkish Folklore Department, which provided a dimension to academic folklore studies in Turkey, is established by Prof. Dr. Dursun Yıldırım. As a result of Prof. Dr. Dursun Yıldırım's report entitled “General Information About Folklore and Considerations on Establishing Folklore Divisions in Our Universities” which was given to The Council of Higher Education and the discussions which he initiated at “I. National Culture Council”, The Council of Higher Education decided to open Turkish Folkore Divisions in Universites in order to give education in Licence, Master and Phd degrees. After this decision, in 1982, under the Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Turkish Folklore Division has started education.