WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS IN CRIMEAN TATAR PROVERBS: AN ORAL TRADITION ANALYSIS
Journal: The Journal of Turkic Language and Literature Surveys (TULLIS)
Year: 2025

This study looks at the cultural representations of family, femininity, and motherhood in the oral tradition of the Crimean Tatars, with a particular focus on proverbs as key transmitters of moral codes, social norms, and collective memory. Issues such as women’s rights and physical and sexual violence against women, which remain pressing concerns in the contemporary world, have deep historical and cultural dimensions. One of the factors that has historically shaped the moral and social stabilit