A cultural study on the themes of «hunger» and «poverty» in Turkish proverbs

Abstract

The fact that Turkish culture is rich in creating and transmitting proverbs has led to
the creation of Turkish proverbs in a very wide area in thematic terms. One of the areas where
Turkish proverbs are concentrated is the themes of “hunger” and “poverty”, which are always on
the agenda of mankind.
The methods used for humanity in eliminating hunger, as a result of subsequent, these measures
done to ensure that people tomorrow won’t be hungry; and society is left hungry to guarantee
that “Rich” is called, the suppression of hunger and still take adequate precautions with regard
to hunger at any moment with individuals and communities who are facing the danger of being
“poor” has been named. For humanity “hunger” and “poverty” are two concepts that intertwined
and used side by side and together. Since these concepts are one of the most basic thoughts that
humanity has observed since time immemorial, it is also very natural to have many proverbs on
this topic. This article first describes “proverb” as a genre and term. Following this, introductory
information about the general characteristics of Turkish Proverbs has been given. After a brief
assessment of the formation and use of Proverbs, the treatment and evaluation of the themes of
hunger and poverty in Turkish proverbs were evaluated within the framework of the structure,
content, use, contexts and functional characteristics of the proverbs selected as examples.