The Department of Turkish Folklore, Faculty of Letters, Hacettepe University, will organize a memorial event in honor of Prof. Dr. Dursun Yıldırım, a distinguished scholar of Turkology who passed away on 27 October 2024. The program will address Yıldırım’s contributions to the development of Turkish folklore as an academic discipline and to research on Turkish culture.
The memorial event will take place on 27 October 2026 at 10:30 a.m. in Room B13 203, Department of Turkish Folklore, Block D, Faculty of Letters, Hacettepe University.