Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

-         specialty code

-         specialty name

-         topic name

10.01.09

Folkloristics

-         specialty code

-         specialty name

-         topic name

5719.01 

Folkloristics

The Oghuz Epic: Its Historical-Mythological Roots, Formation, and Specific Characteristics

-          number of scientific publications printed abroad:

-          number of papers  published in journals indexed and abstracted in international databases

217

42 

-         number of  PhD

-         number of  Doctor of sciences 

9

1. Oghuz Epic Tradition and the Epic of Oghuz Khan. Baku: Sabah Publishing, 1993, 194 p.

2. Khoja Ahmad Yasavi and Some Problems of Folk Sufism. Baku: Ağrıdağ Publishing, 1997, 102 p.

3. Korkut Ata. From Mythology to Reality: Dede Korkut. Ankara: KaraM, 2003, 90 p

. 4. Köroğlu. From Shaman to Ashik, from Alp to Eren. Ankara: Akçağ, 2003, 176 p.

5. History of the Turkic Language. From the Beginning to the Present. Ankara, 2003, 2nd Edition; Çorum: KaraM, 2006, 324 p.

6. Introduction to Mythology. Çorum: KaraM, 2005; 2nd Ed. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2007; 3rd Ed. Ötüken, 2010; 4th Ed. Ötüken, 2013; 5th Ed. Ötüken, 2016; 6th Ed. Ötüken, 2017; 7th Ed. Ötüken, 2019, 148 p.; 8th Ed. Ötüken, 2021; 9th Ed. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2025

7. The Etymology of Turkic Tribal Names in the Religious-Mythological System of the Moon Cult. Ankara: 3ok, 2005, 174 p. 8. Turkish Shamanism in Broad Outline. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2006; 2nd Ed. 2009; 3rd Ed. 2013; 4th Ed. 2015; 5th Ed. 2017; 6th Ed. 2019, 304 p.

9. The Epic World of the Oghuz. Historical and Mythological Origins and Formation of the Oghuznāmes. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2006; 2nd Edition Ötüken, 2013, 328 p.

10. Turkic Mythological System. Turkish Mythology in Ontological and Epistemological Context, Vol. 1. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2007; 2nd Ed. 2011; 3rd Ed. 2015; 4th Ed. 2017, 380 p.; 5th Ed. 2020; 6th Ed. 2022; 7th Ed. Ötüken, 2025

11. Turkic Mythological System. Sacred Female – Mythological Mother, Primitive Mythological Categories in the Umay Paradigm – Spirits and Demonology, Vol. 2. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2007; 2nd Ed. 2012; 3rd Ed. 2016; 4th Ed. 2018, 368 p.; 5th Ed. 2021; 6th Ed. 2024; 7th Ed. 2025

12. The Great Turkic Scholar and Encyclopaedist Mahmud al-Kashgari. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2008; 2nd Ed. 2014, 200 p.; 3rd Ed. 2020

13. The Köroğlu Epic in the Context of the History of Turkic Epic Tradition (The Köroğlu Phenomenology of the Turkic World). Istanbul: Ötüken, 2009; 2nd Ed. 2016, 204 p.; 4th Ed. 2022, 228 p.

14. The Female Shaman in Turkic Culture. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2010; 2nd Ed. 2012; 3rd Ed. 2015; 4th Ed. 2017; 5th Ed. 2018; 6th Ed. 2019, 183 p.; 7th Ed. 2020; 8th Ed. 2022, 183 p.; 9th Ed. 2023; 10th Ed. 2024; 11th Ed. 2025

15. Writings on Folklore (Theoretical Issues). Baku: Science and Education, 2010, 224 p.

16. Introduction to Mythology (Persian Translation: Kazım Abbasi). Tabriz: Yaran, 1390 (2011), 223 p.

17. Turkish Tekke (Sufi) Literature. Baku: Science and Education, 2011, 440 p.

18. The Origin of the “Koroğlu” Epic (with Khatira Bashirli). Baku: Science and Education, 2012, 192 p.

19. Folklore Lessons. Baku: Science and Education, 2012; Revised 2nd Ed. Baku: Çıraq, 2018, 528 p.

20. Azerbaijani Folklore and Written Literature (with Khatira Bashirli). Baku: Science and Education, 2013, 200 p.

21. Karbala Folklore. From Muharram Rituals to Shabih Passion Plays. Baku: Science and Education, 2014, 292 p.

22. From Myth to History, From Word to Writing: The Dede Korkut Oghuznāmes. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2016; 2nd Ed. 2018, 176 p.; 3rd Ed. 2025

23. Folk Games and Open-Air Performances of Karabakh. Baku: Science Development Fund, 2017 (with M. Imanov, I. Rustamzade, T. Orucov, E. Abbasov)

24. From Shaman to Whirling Dervish: Game and Player. Baku: Science and Education, 2017, 228 p.

25. The Mad and Madness in Turkic Culture. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2018; 2nd Ed. 2023; 3rd Ed. 2024, 262 p.; 4th Ed. 2025

26. Halay (Its Philosophical Sources and Characteristics). Baku: Science and Education, 2018, 112 p.

27. The Structure of Fairy Tales (Based on Azerbaijani Fairy Tale Materials). Kazan: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan — Republican Center for the Development of Traditional Culture, 2018, 200 p.

28. The Epic Laws of the Oghuz World and the Biography of the Hero. Baku: Science and Education, 2019, 148 p.

29. Outlaw Folklore in Socio-Economic and Cultural-Political Context. Baku: Science and Education, 2019, 304 p.

30. Korkut Ata: The Guardian Sage of the Turkic World. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2020, 195 p.

31. From Story to Legend, From Writing to Word: The Folklorization of the Ulul-Azm Prophets. Religious Folklore I. Baku: Science and Education, 2021, 230 p.

32. The Theonyms of Turkic Shamanic Mythology. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2022, 248 p.

33. Cults in the Turkic Belief Paradigm (with Çağla Cama). Istanbul: Paradigma Akademi Publishing – International Publishing House, 2023

34. From Profane to Sacred, From History to Myth: The Folklorization of the Prophets of the Children of Israel. Religious Folklore II. Baku: Science and Education, 2023, 200 p.

35. The Last Cries of the Shaman: Turkic Neo-Shamanism. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2024, 262 p.; 2nd Ed. 2025

36. Shamanism in the Turkic-Islamic Tradition. Istanbul: Ötüken, 2024, 331 p.; 2nd Ed. 2025

37. Cosmogonic and Eschatological Myths in Religious-Mythological Context (The Folklorization of the Stories of the Beginning and the End of Time). Religious Folklore III. Baku: Science and Education, 2024, 198 p.

38. Folklore of Gaziantep. Konya: Palet Publishing, 2025, 440 p.

1982–1984: Baku State University

1999–2008: Republic of Turkey, Gaziantep University