Uşak Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi/UUSBD 2017 10/4 Seyahatnamelere Göre 19. Yüzyılda Anadolu’da Yaşayan Türklerin Mezar Kültürü 1 Burial Culture of Anatolian Turks in 19th Century in Consideration of Itineraries Mehmet KARAYAMAN 2 Buğra İNAL 3 Extended Abstract As being one of the steps for funerals, burials has the characteristic of religious obligation to show how İslam give importance to humanity. Like funeral prayers, due to being fard, burials have been attended by groups of people who represent the community. But, since the current knowledge and modalities are the same considering their essence and purpose; sometimes they differ because of the change in local culture and traditions. These differences are not only local, regional or national but international as well. Thus, the chief resource to show what type of traditions and beliefs the Turks have in 19th century about burial culture is itineraries. The information written in such kind of resources shows how burial culture been adopted by the Turks throughout Anatolia. This also gives opportunity to make comparsion among religions. This study aims to reflect the burial culture of Turks in 19th century by the observation of people from different nations and religions. The method of the study is to gather the itineraries written in English in 19th century and then translating them into Turkish. Key Words: Itinerary, Cemetary, Funeral, Anatolia 1 Bu çalışma, Buğra İnal tarafından yürütülen "19. Yüzyılda İngilizce Yazılmış Seyahatnamelere Göre Anadolu'da Sosyal Kültürel ve Ekonomik Hayat" başlıklı doktora tezinden üretilmiştir. 2 Prof. Dr., Uşak Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tarih, mehmet.karayaman@usak.edu.tr 3 Uşak Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Doktora Öğrencisi bugra_inal@hotmail.com Bu makale iThenticate programı ile taranmıştır. Makale Gönderim Tarihi: 23/11//2017-Kabul Tarihi: 20/12/2017