Women Drum Players of the Teke Region

INTRODUCTION

1. Subject of the Research

2. Purpose of the Research

3. Scope of the Research

4. Research Method

CHAPTER ONE

THE DELBEKÇİLİK TRADITION AS A FEMALE-CENTERED RITUALISTIC PRACTICE

1.1. Delbek

1.2. The Delbekçilik Tradition

1.3. Performance Environments of Delbekçi Women

1.4. Text and Verbal Texture in the Performances of Delbekçi Women

1.4.1. Maniler (Folk Couplets)

1.4.2. Lullabies

1.4.3. Laments

1.4.4. Folk Songs

1.4.5. Village Theatrical Plays

1.5. Transmission and Creation of Oral Culture in the Performances of Delbekçi Women

CHAPTER TWO

BIOGRAPHIES OF DELBEKÇİ WOMEN IN THE TEKE REGION

2.1. Delbekçi Women of Antalya Region

2.1.1. Gülay Diri

2.1.2. Ayşe Tolan

2.1.3. Esma Aybar

2.1.4. Nadire Yedek

2.2. Delbekçi Women of Burdur Region

2.2.1. Ayşe Aydınlık

2.2.2. Emine Zengin

2.2.3. Delbekçi Woman

2.2.4. Hasibe Can

2.2.5. Havva Koçak

2.2.6. Müyesser Topan

2.3. Delbekçi Women of Denizli Region

2.3.1. Döndü Akbaba

2.3.2. Fadime Çümen

2.3.3. Şerife Sakar

2.3.4. Ayşe Karadeniz

2.3.5. Huriye Yumaklı

2.3.6. Ehli Köroğlu

2.3.7. Fatma Ak

2.3.8. Elif Güngör

2.3.9. Ayşe Gülgel

2.3.10. Emine Yalçınkaya

2.4. Delbekçi Women of Isparta Region

2.4.1. Hatice Öztaş

2.4.2. Aslı Acar

2.4.3. Emine Çevik

2.4.4. Ummuhan Alkan

2.4.5. Şiringül Bağrıaçık

2.5. Delbekçi Women of Muğla Region

2.5.1. Türkan Abacı

2.5.2. Aysel Yıldız

2.5.3. Hatice Özcan

2.5.4. Şengül Özcan

2.5.5. Huriye Öz

CHAPTER THREE

FROM KAM ANAS TO DELBEKÇİ WOMEN

3.1. The Origin of Female-Centered Ritualistic Practices and Kam Anas

3.1.1. Shaman / Kam Ana

3.1.2. Kam Anas as Ceremony and Ritual Performers

3.1.3. Drum and Attire as Performance Elements of Kam Anas

3.2. Change and Transformation from Kam Anas to Delbekçi Women

3.2.1. Change and Transformation of the Training Received

3.2.2. Change and Transformation of Roles and Functions in Rituals and Performances

3.2.3. Change and Transformation of Discourse Power and Style

3.2.4. Change and Transformation of Rituals and Performance Contexts

3.2.5. Change and Transformation of the Kam Drum into Delbek

3.2.6. Change and Transformation of Performance Attire

3.2.7. Change and Transformation of Tips Given in Exchange for Performance

CHAPTER FOUR

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE CONVENTION AND DELBEKÇİLİK

4.1. Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention and the Delbekçilik Tradition

4.2. National Inventory of Living Human Treasures and Delbekçi Women