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TURKISH TALE HEROES 1
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TURKISH TALE HEROES
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THE FİGURE Nasrudin is a satirical
Sufi figure who is believed to have lived during the Middle Ages (around 13th century), in Akşehir, and later in Konya, under the Seljuq rule.
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THE CHARACTER OF THE FIGURE
Nasrudin Hodja is a populist philosopher ,wise man and also a funny character who makes people think when he makes jokes.
He is remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes.
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ABOUT THE TALES
A Nasrudin story that may be understood at many levels.
There is the joke, followed by a moral — and usually the little extra which brings the consciousness of the potential mystic a little further on the way to realization.
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ABOUT THE TALES Most of them depict Nasrudin in
an early small-village setting, the tales with concepts that have a certain timelessness.
IN the stories Nasrudin Hodja is a folk wisdom that triumphs over all tribulations.
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ABOUT THE TALES
The Nasrudin stories are known throughout the Middle East and have touched cultures around the world.
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ABOUT THE TALES As generations went by, new stories
were added, others were modified, and the character and his tales spread to other regions.
They are translated to other languages.
Especially in the middle east and asia everybody knows about the tales.
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KELOĞLAN
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THE FIGURE
As we can understand it from his name (kel-bald,oğlan- boy) in Turkish tales, Keloğlan is a bald headed poor boy living with his old mother in their poor house. He doesn`t have a father. He is not strong, and doesn’t have any physical intelligence. He is poor, weak , clusmy and untalented. He is very lazy and doesn`t like working.
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THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE FIGURE His most important characteristic is
that he has a very good heart. In an unexpected monet he helps a person or an animal having troubles and his faith changes. Their extraodrinary powers help him.
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His faith also can change in the tales using his wit through bad people. He outwits them by tricky mind games, when he wins he becomes powerfull, strong and llives a happy life with his mother.
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KARAGOZ AND HACIVAT Karagöz (meaning blackeye in Turkish)
and Hacivat (also written Hacivad) are the lead characters of the traditional Turkish shadow play, popularized during the Ottoman period.
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KARAGOZ AND HACIVAT Karagöz represents the illiterate but
straightforward public,
Hacivat belongs to the educated class, speaking Ottoman Turkish and using a poetical and literary language.
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KARAGOZ AND HACIVAT The central theme of
the plays are the contrasting interaction between the two main characters.
Karagöz's native wit always gets the better of Hacivat's learning but his money-making ventures always fail.
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KARAGOZ AND HACIVAT Until the rise of radio
and film, it was one of the most popular forms of entertainment in Turkey. It survives today mainly in a toned-down form intended for audiences of children.
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KARAGÖZ PLAYS
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KARAGÖZ PLAYS
Animators (or the puppet masters) of Karagöz plays are called hayalî, meaning both 'imaginary' and 'image creator'. (They are also known as Karagözcü or hayalbaz.)
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KARAGÖZ PLAYS
A single hayalî impersonates every single character in the play by mimicking sounds, talking in different dialects, chanting or singing songs of the character in focus.
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Puppets themselves have jointed limbs and are made from the hide of a camel or a water buffalo. The hide is worked until it is semi-transparent; then it is colored, resulting in colorful projections. The lamp for projection is known as a şem’a (literally "candle"), but is typically an oil lamp. Images are projected onto a white muslin screen known as the ayna ("mirror"). Projections is from the rear, so the audience does not see the puppeteer. Puppets are typically 35–40 centimeters in height.[1]
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Jalal al-Din who is also known as Rumi, was a philosopher and mystic of Islam.
His doctrine advocates unlimited tolerance, positive reasoning, goodness, charity and awareness through love.
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To him and to his disciples all religions are more or less truth.
Looking with the same eye on Muslim, Jew and Christian alike, his peaceful and tolerant teaching has appealed to people of all sects and creeds
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