Oya Culture Since the Ottomans / Osmanli'dan Gunumuze Oyalar

283 pp, color figures, hb, in Turkish-English bilingual.

No other region in the world has richer folk art resources
than Anatolia. The popular viewthat studying past societies
positively affects contemporary libing, has gnrated an
increased interest in Ethography and Ethnology. However,
people and organizations have kept this interes alive with
limited resources and the absence of governmental support
making folkloric research disorganized, dispersed, restricted
and lacking in cooperation.