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Citation

Izgi MC, Abdulla T, Coban M, Onay E, Lutz EE. Omega (Westport) 2014; 70: 209-223.

Affiliation

Yeditepe University, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Sage Publications)

DOI

10.2190/OM.70.2.d

PMID

25395005

Abstract

This study explores the socio-cultural perception of death among Turkish people. For this reason, 210 published lament epics written by Turkish folk singers across all of Turkey concerning deaths between 1955 and 1975 were selected for analysis. These epics were published on single pages and were sold. The statistical analysis based on detailed content analysis was done at the univariate, bivariate, and multivariate levels. The results of the study provide a full picture of perception of cases of death in Turkish society. These results show Turkish society is especially sensitive to cases of death at young age and to the murdered. Further, a clear perception of the working of fate is encountered in deaths resulting from disaster and accidents; but the desire for vengeance is recorded in those laments concerning martyrs and the murdered. The statistical data show that most commonly cited reasons for death after road accidents, were a consequence of relationships with the opposite sex and from a sense of honor.


Language: en

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