DIVAN LUGAT-TURK DICTIONARY BY MAHMUD KASHGARI AS ETHNO-PEDAGOGICAL SOURCE
The ethno-pedagogical nature of “Diwan Lughat al-Turk” dictionary by Mahmud Kashgari lies on the aims given in the heritage to educate through proverbs and sayings, folk songs, myths and concepts related to the nature of children. There are almost 8000 words in the heritage, 145 of them are associated to theme of child. Those words illustrate birth, growth of the child; appearance of different behavior and character throughout that period; surrounding, education, game and toys correlated to kids and etc. We’ve examined those concepts by dividing them into following groups: general concepts of child upbringing, traditional concepts connected to physiological development of children, general concepts about child education, traditional concepts related to parental responsibilities, concepts of morality and knowledge.