Dede Korkut
literary character
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Islamic literature
- In Islamic arts: Popular literature
…the traditional Turkish tale of Dede Korkut, were preserved by storytellers who improvised certain parts of their tales (which were written down only afterward). Also, the role of the Sufi orders and of the artisans’ lodges in preserving and transmitting such semihistorical popular epics seems to have been considerable. Apart…
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