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Near East University faculty members participating in the 35th Folklore Symposium organized by HASDER compiled the views of museum officials working in the TRNC on the preservation and transfer of intangible cultural heritage elements (SOKÜM), it was concluded that a document similar to the ICH Convention applied in Turkey should be prepared and put into effect on the island. stressed.

Near East University Faculty of Arts and Sciences faculty members Prof. Dr. Sevket Oznur, Assoc. Dr. Mustafa Yeniasır and Assoc. Dr. Burak Gökbulut contributed with two papers titled “Similarities and Differences in Turkish and Greek Tales” and “Knowledge and opinions of museum officials working in the TRNC on the preservation and transfer of intangible cultural heritage elements”.

Museum officials should undergo in-service training

Explaining the results of the study to determine the knowledge and opinions of museum officials working in the TRNC on the protection and transfer of intangible cultural heritage elements (SOKÜM), the faculty members of the Near East University determined that the museum staff do not have sufficient and clear information about SOKÜM.

In the study, it was also stated that a significant part of the museum staff were able to correctly identify the cultural heritage elements in the SOKUM list, and that they had a general idea about the activities of the TR Ministry of Culture and Tourism regarding SOKÜM. In the study, it was stated that in order to disseminate the concept of intangible cultural heritage and conservation awareness in Northern Cyprus, a document similar to the SOKUM Convention applied in Turkey should be prepared and put into effect on the island, and the intangible cultural heritage should be promoted and marketed in a planned and correct manner in cultural tourism and creative tourism.

Near East University Faculty of Arts and Sciences faculty members Prof. Dr. Sevket Oznur, Assoc. Dr. Mustafa Yeniasır and Assoc. Dr. In the study, signed by Burak Gökbulut, it was also emphasized that the employees working in private and official museums in the TRNC should be made more aware of in-service trainings and conferences.

Turkish influences are seen in Greek tales

Another presentation made by the faculty members of the Near East University to the 35th Folklore Symposium revealed the interaction between the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot tales. Determining that Turkish influences are mostly seen in Greek tales, Near East University faculty members analyzed the "Dirimmo" tale, which is known by both communities and is one of the important Greek tales. The academics, who stated that there were changes in the name and the episodes in the tale with the transition from the Greeks to the Turks, emphasized that there are many Turkish elements used in the tales that passed from the Turks to the Greeks.