Ankara Anadolu ve Rumeli Araştırmaları Dergisi

Yazarlar: Nilghiun ISMAIL

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Romania,Crimean Tatars,Oral History,Religious Weddings,Wedding Customs.

Özet: This paper is about the Crimean Tatar community and focuses on its social issues linked to religious wedding traditions and customs. This research is based on quantitative and qualitative documents. I used some documents owned by the Arhivele Nationale Române, Directia Judeteanâ Constanta, DJCAN, fond Cultul Musulman, Primâria Oraşului Constanta (National Archives of Romania Constanta County District, fund The Muslim Cult, Constanta City Hall) and fondul Colectia Registrele de Starea civilâ - Dobrogea, Primâria Oraşului Negru-Vodâ, Consiliul Local Negru-Vodâ (Fund Civil Records Collection, Negru-Vodâ Town Hall, NegruVodâ Town Council); literary sources, which are heritage of the Constanta County Library “loan N. Roman”; and qualitative sources for oral history, based on interviews got on a field research developed in two stages: February and July-August, 2016. The body of the paper draws on the field research based on a survey, which includes face-to-face and in-depth interviews for pre-wedding, wedding customs with the Crimean Tatars of Dobruja. Finally, my paper shows community’s challenges in maintaining its own cultural identity.

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