Naki Tezel

Folklorist, Writer

Death
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Education
İstanbul University Faculty of Law
Other Names
Tezel, Tezel Amca, Şerif Halil Başa, N.T., T.A., M. Korkusuz

      Researcher of folklore (b. 1915, İstanbul - d. 1980). He graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Law (1940). For a period, he worked as a district director and as a district governor. After his service in departments of the General Directorate of Press and Publishing and the Ministry of Commerce, he worked as the General Director of the Employment Agency twice (1958-68) and as an advisor at the Social Insurance Institution (1960-66). He retired in 1971.

He was known for his research and collections of folklore and folk tales. His articles were published in the periodicals and newspapers Yeni Türk, Halk Bilgisi Haberleri, Varlık, Türk Dili, Hisar, Ulus, Cumhuriyet and Dünya.

WORKS:

SHORT STORY: Yıkılan Köprü (Collapsing Bridge, 1944).

COLLECTION-RESEARCH: Keloğlan Masalları (Keloğlan Tales, 1936), İstanbul Masalları (İstanbul Tales, 1936), Köroğlu Masalı (The Tale of Köroğlu, 1939), Bilmeceler ve Maniler (Riddles and Quatrains, 1941), Altın Tas (Golden Bowl, 1942), Beybörek (Pastry, 1942), Alabalık (The Trout, 1944), Çocuk Masalları (Child Tales, 1944), Altın Araba (The Golden Cart, 1944), Peri Kızı (Fairy Girl, 1945), Yeşil Kuş (Green Bird, 1945), Elmas İşlemeli Kılıç (Sword with Diamonds, 1946), Konuşan Kaval (The Talking Shepherd’s Pipe, 1946), Seksen Göz (Eighty Eyes, 1946), Şamdan Kızı (The Candlestick Girl, 1946), Kırk Kardeş (Forty Siblings, 1949), Fatma Nine (Grandma Fatma, 1950), Altın Bülbül (The Golden Nightingale, 1953), Küçük Sultan'ın Güvercini (The Pigeon of the Little Sultan, 1953), Limon Kız (Lemon Girl, 1955), Talih Kuşu (The Fortune Bird, 1960), Korkusuz Sultan (The Fearless Sultan, 1961), Kayıp Sultan (The Lost Sultan, 1962), Türk Halk Bilmeceleri (Turkish Folk Riddles, 1969), Türk Folklor ve Etnografya Kılavuzu (Guide to Turkish Folklore And Ethnography, 1964), Türk Halk Masalları (Turkish Folk Tales, 2 volumes, 1971).

REFERENCE:  Afşin Oktay - Kemal Bağlum / Biyografiler Ansiklopedisi (1959), TDE Ansiklopedisi (c. 8, 1976-98), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Mehmet Behçet Yazar / Edebiyatçılar Alemi - Edebiyatımızın Unutulan Simaları (yay. haz. Mustafa Everdi, 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2. bas., 2009).

 

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