https://dergi.baltam.org/?mod=sayi_detay&sayi_id=2168 BALKAN TÜRKOLOJİ ARAŞTIRMALARI MERKEZİ en 2024-08-29 https://dergi.baltam.org/?mod=makale_tr_ozet&makale_id=63110 https://dergi.baltam.org/?mod=makale_tr_ozet&makale_id=63110 Ümit SÜLEYMANİMahmut ÇELİK Riddles, which are one of the most important types of children'sfolklore, are also a cultural carrier. Riddles contribute to children'slanguage, perception, and mental development. Riddles create literaryaesthetics and pleasure in children. Improves children's sentence building skills. Riddles play an important role in increasing the vocabulary and reasoning power of children who are just getting to know theworld and who have just grasped objects and objects. n a way, peopledo mental sports with riddles. Mental activities through riddles in education and training will instill the love of mother tongue for Turkish students living in Northern Macedonia. 2024-08-29 https://dergi.baltam.org/?mod=makale_tr_ozet&makale_id=63113 https://dergi.baltam.org/?mod=makale_tr_ozet&makale_id=63113 Ümit ÖZTÜRK Turks of Kosovo and North Macedonia have become members of anation that has turned into a minority in terms of population and influenceboth after the balkanization of the Ottoman State and after the balkanization of Yugoslavia. The aim of the study is to investigate the maritalrelations that the Turks of Kosovo and North Macedonia establish withthe other national-religious components of the countries where they live.Within the scope of the study, a number of questions were asked to theparticipants regarding their acculturation preferences in terms of marriagedomain by means of semi-structured interview technique. Participants'responses were discussed with a phenomenological approach and qualitative analysis. Data were collected through snowball sampling since itprovides in depth sets of data by references. According to the findingscollected from the sample, Turks of Kosovo and North Macedonia regardmarriage as a valuable and emotional acculturation domain. Within thesample, it was observed that they attach a great importance to endogamyand prefer the orientation of separation from the dominant group as far aspossible. Exogamy with non-Muslim groups is rarely preferred whileexogamy with Muslim Albanians is a more common fact in the region.Even though exogamy is not commonly frequent within the sample, it isthought that it may cause assimilation in the long run due to the lesspopulation of the Turks. However, when the soft assimilation phenolmenon is handled with a realistic and objective point of view, mutualassimilation of both groups clearly shows itself. Within the marriagedomain, there are examples where not only the Turks were assimilated byMuslim Albanians but also Muslim Albanians assimilated by Turks.However, the factors leading to assimilation cannot be explained solely inthe context of the marriage domain. In this regard, factors such asconcerns about (un)employment, the language in which the education isgiven, and the role of the dominant parents are also very importantfactors. 2024-08-29