Uysal-Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative
Subtitle: Uysal-Walker Türk Öyküleri Sandığı
Contributors: Uysal, Ahmet Edip; Walker, Warren S.; Paksoy, H. B., 1948-; Walker, Barbara K.
Publisher: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lubbock, Tex
Language: eng
Subjects: Turkish Folk literature; Folklore; Social life and customs; Turkish Folk poetry; Turkish Folk songs; Turkic Epic literature; Turkish Epic literature; Tales; Translations into English; Sources; Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative (Texas Tech University)
Other titles: Uysal-Walker Türk Öyküleri Sandığı; Türk Öyküleri Sandığı; Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative
Description: The Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative makes available online all of Warren S. Walker and Ahmet Uysal's transcripts of Turkish epics, folk legends, and local stories. Highlights include versions of the Turkic epics, oral history of Central Asia that survived for the past two millenia. In addition to the transcripts, the site includes a collection of images of modern-day Turkey, audio of indigenous music performances, and many of Uysal and Walker's recordings of epic tales as narrated by Turkish citizens.
Notes: Title from home page as viewed Sept. 12, 2003.

Website created and maintained by Dr. H.B. Paksoy, archivist of Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative.

Contains brief biographies of Warren Walker, Barbara Walker and Ahmet Uysal; a history of Uysal-Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative; links to related websites; and technical notes on downloading both audio and textual files.

Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative, Texas Tech University.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Text in English and Turkish; audio in Turkish.