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TURKISH CULTURE AND ETHNOGRAPHY The Scythian, Pelasgian , Lelegian , Etruscan, Luwi and other branches of the original Turkish tribes called Turquoise coming from the Eurosian steppes had faith in an only God of Heaven. These introduced the faith in blassed mother named " Asana" who taught them about the rules of living on earth to Anatolia , too as to any place they immigrated.The religious rituals of the original Turks were generally conducted by female " Kams" ( Shamans ) and called " Shamanism" The Turkish Wbranches in Central Asia adopted the Mannist, Taoist and Budhist, the Khazar branches the Judaist and another part, the Nazarene-Orthodox faith .As of the 7 th century A.D. onwards the Turkish branches in the Balkans and the North Black Sea steppes adopted the Christianity , those immigrating westwards from the south of the Caspian Sea and those remeining in Turkistan the Muslim. The Muslim Turks entered Anatolia in 1071 and endeavoured to spread Islam throughout the centuries. Turks speak a language of the Ural-Altaic language group and is related to Hungarian, Finnish and Korean. The Turks used the Gok Turk alphabet throughout their histories of thousands of years. Even though the Uighur Turks invented the Uighur alphabet , they passed the the Arabic alphabet after the adoption of muslim religion. The new Republic of Turkey adopted the Latin alphabet used today on November 1 , 1928 under the leadership of Ataturk. The geography of Turkey lying upon Anatolia, the land of gods, goddesses, faiths, cultures and civilizations, is culturally diversified also as parallel with the climatic conditions. The culture of immigrating to the uplands on high mountains in order to be relieved of the summer heat is also the result of the lifestyle of Turkish culture coming down from the past. Nomadic people in Anatolia are called Yoruk. Development of a culture meeting such a lifestyle on the part of the original Turkish clans was inevitable. The original Turks who first domesticated and harnessed horse horse to the cart produced the tents and carpets they needed from the fur and wool of the animals and bred; invented the drink called koumiss from the milk of their horses and were nourished with dried meat and pastrami they produced to avoid loss of the tie during immigration taking a long time. These people who set out at nights following the faith of the God of Heavens and determined their direction by looking at the stars wore the blue eye beads againts the evil eye in order to protect themselves from the darkness of the night and evil spirits. The original Turkish clans who knew about mining and how to use the arrows and bows they needed and carried the same to any geography they moved to maintained the same culture in the new countries they founded. The oldest carpet of the world is the Pazirik Carpet found in Pazirik Mound on the Altai Mountains. The same motifs are seen on the carpets and rugs ornamented with the figures relating about the characteristics and lifestyle of their tribes in all the Turkish gegraphies primarily being Anatolia.The most important carpets in Turkey today are the silk Hereke and Kayseri and those woven in the regions Milas, Yagcibedir, Sivas, Van. Konya. Furthermore, left, hand-made fine needlework , wood, metal, tile and copperworking are the other handicrafts. The Turkish Cuisine is the third largest in the world comprising dishes of meat, kebab, pastry and those prepared with olive oil.Among the too numerous to count are the worldwide adopted specialities of doner kebab, sis kebab, tandir kebab.In Turkey where there are very good vineyards the most popular drink is Raki, also knows as lion's milk, made of grape and aniseed. The Turkish Music is divided into two as the Turkish Art Music, an extension of the palace music, and the Turkish Folk Music.Although the instruments of the Art Music are primarily of Middle Eastern origin, the folk music is performed with baglama saz known as kopuz (lute) in the Turkish world.Turkish Folk Dances feature diversity and are played with drum, zurna ( horn ) , saz, spoon, darbuka, and tambourine. Clothes reflect the authentic characteristics of areas.Despite that fruit tea and black tea are often consumed in daily life in Turkey, drinking Turkish Coffee after meals is a very important tradition. A major part of the requirements for fruits and vegetables and food produced in large quantities in Turkey is met at the vivid and colorful squares called Pazar / Bazaar set up at each settlement.
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