# List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Turkey

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) intangible cultural heritage elements are the non-physical traditions and practices performed by a people. As part of a country's cultural heritage, they include celebrations, festivals, performances, oral traditions, music, and the making of handicrafts. The "intangible cultural heritage" is defined by the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, drafted in 2003 and took effect in 2006. Inscription of new heritage elements on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists is determined by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, an organisation established by the convention. Türkiye ratified the convention on 17 October 2003.

## Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
### Representative List

| Name | Year | No. | Description |
| Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz + | 2016 | 02097 | Nevruz Festival, or simply Nevruz, is the traditional new year or the awakening of nature and spring festival celebrated by various peoples around the world. |
| Sericulture and traditional production of silk for weaving + | 2022 | 01890 | Sericulture or sericulture is the raising of silkworms to produce silk. |
| Art of illumination: Təzhib/Tazhib/Zarhalkori/Tezhip/Naqqoshlik + | 2023 | 01981 | İllumination is the name given to book decoration arts, mostly of Islamic origin. |
| Art of miniature + | 2020 | 01598 | Miniature is a type of painting that has its own unique form. Commonly, book illustrations that visualize the text in manuscript books, making the information contained in the text more clear, are known as miniatures.. |
| Iftar/Eftari/Iftar/Iftor and its socio-cultural traditions + | 2017 | 01984 | Iftar is the meal eaten after the evening call to prayer (at sunset) at the end of the fasting day of Muslims in Ramadan. |
| Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka + | 2016 | 01181 | Yufka or sheet bread is obtained by lightly baking the phyllo dough used in making baklava and pastries until it becomes crispy on the sheet. |
| Telling tradition of Nasreddin Hodja/ Molla Nesreddin/ Molla Ependi/ Apendi/ Afendi Kozhanasyr Anecdotes + | 2022 | 01705 | Nasreddin Hodja (Ottoman: نصر الدین خوجه; 1208, Hortu - 1284, Akşehir) is a legendary person and humor hero who lived around Hortu and Akşehir during the sultanate of Rum period. |
| Heritage of Dede Qorqud/Korkyt Ata/Dede Korkut, epic culture, folk tales and music + | 2018 | 01399 | The Book of Dede Korkut is the oldest known epic stories of the Oghuz Turks. |
| Culture of Çay (tea), a symbol of identity, hospitality and social interaction + | 2022 | 01685 | In Azerbaijan and Turkey, tea culture is an important social practice that shows hospitality, establishes and maintains social ties, and is used to celebrate important moments in the lives of societies. |
| Craftsmanship and performing art of balaban/mey + | 2023 | 01704 | Balaban or balaman is an instrument belonging to the wind instrument group used in many South Caucasus and Central Asian countries. |
| Spring celebration, Hıdrellez + | 2017 | 01284 | Hıdırellez or Hıdrellez is one of the seasonal holidays celebrated in Central Asia, the Middle East, Anatolia and the Balkans. |
| Arts of the Meddah, public storytellers | 2008 | 00037 | Meddahs tell educational and instructive stories in front of the community. |
| Mevlevi Sema ceremony | 2008 | 00100 | Sama (Turkish: Sema; Persian, Urdu and Persian: سَماع, romanized: samā‘$^{un}$) is a Sufi ceremony performed as part of the meditation and prayer practice dhikr. |
| Karagöz | 2009 | 00180 | Karagöz and Hacivat is a shadow play performed on a screen with two-dimensional depictions, based on imitation and mutual conversation. |
| Âşıklık (minstrelsy) tradition | 2009 | 00179 | An ashik (Azerbaijani: aşıq, عاشؽق; Turkish: âşık; Persian: عاشیق—all from Arabic: عاشِق) or ashugh (Armenian: աշուղ; Georgian: აშუღი) is traditionally a singer-poet and bard. |
| Traditional Sohbet meetings | 2010 | 00385 | Traditional Chat Meetings is a Turkish social application of community chats. Communities consist exclusively of men of a certain age (commonly 15 or 16), regardless of ethnicity, religion or status. |
| Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival | 2010 | 00386 | Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling, traditional Turkish oil wrestling tournament. It is held in Edirne every year between the end of June and the beginning of July. |
| Semah, Alevi-Bektaşi ritual | 2010 | 00384 | Semah is a ceremonial Tarîkat Rite that is common in Alevi and Bektashi communities and is performed with musical accompaniment in Cemevi. |
| Ceremonial Keşkek tradition | 2011 | 00388 | Ceremonial keskek is a traditional dish consisting mainly of cracked wheat and meat, which varies according to the regions of Anatolia and is generally made during weddings and holidays. |
| Mesir Macunu festival | 2012 | 00642 | Mesir paste is a type of paste consisting of 41 types of spices and herbs believed to be medicinal. |
| Turkish coffee culture and tradition | 2013 | 00645 | Turkish coffee is one of the oldest known coffee preparation and cooking methods, from the Ottoman Empire to the beginning, which has an important place in Turkish history. |
| Ebru, Turkish art of marbling | 2014 | 00644 | Marbling is a decorative art made by transferring patterns created with specially prepared dyes on water, concentrated with tragacanth, onto paper. |
| Traditional craftsmanship of Çini-making | 2016 | 01058 | Tile is a glazed, waterproof layer on one side or a plate resulting from the fusion of glass and ceramics by fire. |
| Traditional Turkish archery | 2019 | 01367 | Turkish archery, the importance of archery and especially horse archery in Turks dates back to prehistoric times. |
| Hüsn-i Hat, traditional calligraphy in Islamic art in Turkey | 2021 | 01684 | Hüsn-i calligraphy is the art of beautiful writing formed around Arabic letters. |
| Craftsmanship of mother of pearl inlay + | 2023 | 01874 | In the technique known as mother-of-pearl inlay, also known as mother-of-pearl crafting or mother-of-pearl processing, mother-of-pearl is placed in pits or carvings opened on the wood and adhesives are applied to prevent it from falling off the surface in contact with the wood, or mother-of-pearl is surrounded by metal wires. |
| Traditional intelligence and strategy game: Togyzqumalaq, Toguz Korgool, Mangala/Göçürme + | 2020 | 01597 | Mangala, Köçürme, a Turkish intelligence game; It is commonly known as Mankala game in the world. |
| Traditional bagpipe (Gayda/Tulum) making and performing + | 2024 | 02114 | |

### Need of Urgent Protection

The List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Protection includes elements of intangible cultural heritage that "are of concern to communities and where 'State Parties' consider that urgent measures should be taken to preserve them."
| Name | No. | Year |
| Whistled language | 00658 | 2017 |
| Traditional Ahlat stonework | 00655 | 2022 |
| Traditional knowledge, methods and practices concerning olive cultivation | 01983 | 2023 |