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Özet
In this thesis work, the importance of the numbers in Turkish folk beliefs, their places, and reasons for selection of some numbers in applications are targeted to searchAlthough beliefs in Anatolia were centered as the universe of the search, some of the beliefs about numbers in Turk folks in different geographies were also put into search for the topic to be understood better.In the introduction part of the search, information about the sources was given by mentioning about the purpose, importance, method, universe and limits of the search.In the first part; historical process of the numbers and the Pythagoreans number mysticality which effected many culture in this process are researched. The issue of numbers is searched in the holy books and mystical interpretations of the religions.In the second part; the usage and the importance of the numbers in Turkish legends, stories, proverbs are examined as they include rich information about Turkish beliefs. The numbers and their importance in the shamanic beliefs which include the conceptions in the background of the Turkish beliefs were examined. It is tried to find out which numbers are mostly used in folk beliefs especially during birth, weddings, death periods which is vital in folk beliefs.At the end of search, it is understood that symbolic, mystical and magical meanings are attributed to numbers in Turkish folk beliefs. Especially; 3, 7, 9 and 40 have extra importance in beliefs and applications.