Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Fol'klor: Struktura, Tipologiia, Semiotika, cilt.8, sa.2, ss.107-128, 2025 (Scopus)
The article describes in detail the history of the founding of the journal “Turkish Folklore Studies”, an iconic journal among the many folklore ones in Turkey. The important role of the magazine’s publisher İhsan Hınçer is revealed and his detailed biography is given. The article substantiates the importance of this journal for Turkish folklore studies. The article explains the importance of the journal for Turkish folklore studies. The journal was published every month without omission for 31 years (1949–1980). In those years, there were no folklore departments or state organizations in Turkey that were engaged in the academic study of folklore and “TFR” filled the lacuna. The journal united both professional folklorists and amateurs under its roof and served as a kind of institute. The article lists the topics of the journal’s publications. Although field research materials dominated in the journal, works on folklore methodology and terminology were also present. The reasons for the closure of the journal and the circumstances of its revival are explained. The activities of the newly formed journal are summarized. Since 2023 three issues have been published, and one conference has been organized. At the end of the article the plans of the journal for the future are given.