Kaloghlan

Keloğlan (Turkish: bald boy) is a fictional character in Turkish culture.

Brief Information

As a well-known character - also known as keleşoğlan - Keloğlan has the problem of being bald from birth.^[1] He is the substitute of the Anatolian people who can have big dreams who are virtuous, prudent, a little bald, a little romantic and very sportive.

Stories about him were staged by Fisko Birlik, Danone Çocuk Tiyatroları and many special societies many times and attracted a lot of attention and applause. Also, there is Keloğlan ve 300 Magiclandli -written by Çalım Baya educational- seminar with music and dance intended for followers.

Also, his tale was serialized by Necdet Şen in his comic book Hizli Gazeteci in 1989 at Cumhuriyet newspaper. In 1991, Remzi Bookstore published a book telling a story of him about not being able to fit in and having to make a choice between the rules and his own principles.

References

↑ Pultar, Gönül (2005). On the road to Baghdad, or, Traveling biculturalism: theorizing a bicultural approach to contemporary world fiction. New Academia Publishing. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-9767042-1-8.

The Bald Boy Keloglan and the Most Beautiful Girl in the World (Lubbock: ATON, 2003)

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