The Moral Messages in The Work of Dede Korkut

Abstract

Dede Korkut is known as the ancestor, the leader, the miraculous saint of the Turks. And Dede Korkut is a work which consists of 12 epic stories and an introduction about the lives of the Muslims around Northeast Anatolia told with the language of the Oghuz Turks. In this book, the moral values and Islamic values are interwoven; morality is accepted as an extremely outstanding value. In the work, worldly wealth ançl desire, haughtiness, lie, slander and anger are introduced as bad moral qualities. Beauty, honesty, loyalty, humility, generosity and benevolence, hospitality, banquet and gift; consultation (consulting with intelligent and wise people), being hardworking, heroism, honor, friendship, etc. are reflected as good moral qualities. Also, in the work of Dede Korkut, !here are rich materials aboiıt family morality (the love, devotion, loyality, self - sacrifıce; the places and importance of the wife, the husband, the mother, the father, the brothers and the sisters, education of the family) and political morality

Özet

İbrahim EMİROĞLU, "DEDE KORKUT KİTABINDAKİ AHLAKİ MESAJLAR"

Keywords: dede korkut, ahlak, aile ahlakı, siyaset ahlakı, iyi ahlaki nitelikler, kötü ahlaki nitelikler