Author(s): Eva BOSÃKOVÃ
This work deals with the arrival of the Kyrgyz people in Turkey and their efforts to preserve their way of life in the Turkish environment. It describes the departure of the Kyrgyz people from Kyrgyzstan under the leader of Rahman Kul Khan as they escaped from the threat of Communism. They Kyrgyzians traveled from Kyrgyzstan, through China, Afghanistan, Pakistan to Turkish Anadolia where they settled in the village of Ulupamir in 1982. Their journey and the difficulties they had faced were described in the work. In Turkey’s Anatolia, they found a new home where they seek to observe the original religious customs, the family routine of the society in everyday life and family rituals, the preservation of Kyrgyz customs and traditions such as craftsmanship and the influence of pastoral tradition on everyday life. Kyrgyz minority
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