1970 TURKEY TURKISH NOMADS YURUKS CAKALLA RKARAKECILI & BAHSIS NOMADIC TRIBES

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1970 TURKEY TURKISH NOMADS YURUKS CAKALLA RKARAKECILI & BAHSIS NOMADIC TRIBES:
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LES

TRADITIONS

DES

NOMADES

TURQUIE MERIDIONALE

Contribution à l\'Etude des Représentations Religieuses

des Sociétés Turques

Jean-Paul Roux and Kemal Özbayrı

Librairie Adrien-Maisonneuve, Paris, 1970

Book Details

1st. Edition. 408pp with 16 black and white illustrations, 5 black and white line drawings and a map.

Please Note: The text of this book is in French.

Size of Book 25cm x 16.5cm/10in x 6.5in

Book Description

Very good (+) publisher’s original grey aper wrappers covers with titles in black on the spine and front cover. Some fading to the spine and along a narrow strip at the top of the front cover.

Text in very good condition with no foxing, marks or other blemishes.

Please Note: The text of this book is in French.

About this Book

‘Traditions des Nomades de la Turquie Meridionale’ (Traditions of the Nomads Southern Turkey) is a very detailed account of the traditions of the nomads of southern Turkey covering their conversion to Islam, their customs and beliefs, tree cults, their relationship with domestic and wild animals and family relationships.

The nomads are mainly Yuruks and some of the clans mentioned, among others are the Ali Efendi, Bahsis, Cakallar and Karakecili.

About the Author

Jean-Paul Roux (1925 - 2009) was a French and a specialist in Turkey and Islamic culture.

He was a graduate of “Institute National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales”. He was Director of Research at CNRS from 1957 to 1970, the Science Secretary for the Department of Oriental Languages and Civilizations from 1960 to 1966, and a teacher of Islamic art at École du Louvre.