https://dergi.baltam.org/?mod=sayi_detay&sayi_id=2362 BALKAN TÜRKOLOJİ ARAŞTIRMALARI MERKEZİ en 2026-07-16 https://dergi.baltam.org/?mod=makale_tr_ozet&makale_id=68378 https://dergi.baltam.org/?mod=makale_tr_ozet&makale_id=68378 Jovanka DENKOVANatasa DIMITROVA The aim of this paper is to make a contrasting analysis of animalstories from our, domestic folklore and Turkish folklore. In this context, the character of the fox has its central place, so our analysis willconcentrate on this character in Macedonian and Turkish animal stories with similar manifestations andfeatures.Namely, our people for a very long period co-existed with the Turkish in this region and this centuries-old period contributed to the interference of folklore elements in both directions, as well as the preservation o f certain features in Macedonian literature. As in the past,today in everyday life the animals are all around us, and from therethere is also an inspiration for their insertion into folk tales. So, ineveryday communication with animals, there are positive and negativeevents that affect us, and because of that fact many writers who thought they were instructive, what they saw and heard, wrote and createdbooks.  2026-07-16 https://dergi.baltam.org/?mod=makale_tr_ozet&makale_id=68399 https://dergi.baltam.org/?mod=makale_tr_ozet&makale_id=68399 Tuncay ÇİÇEK The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the attitudes and attitudelevels of art and fine faculty students with regard to gender, class,school variables regarding the Turkish Islamic historical works. Descriptive method was used in the research. The reseach was carried outon 134 students (83 female and 51 male) studying in Gazi University,Hacettepe University, Atatürk University, Dokuz Eylül University andİnönü University in the first, second, third and fourth grades. In theresearch, the scale tool with reliability and validity studies conductedby Bay, Mert and Alyilmaz was used. Chi Square, t-test, one way analysis of variance and Kruskal Wallis test techniques were used in theanalysis of the data.The analysis of the data showed that the level of cognitive awareness of TIE, taking the course related to TIE in and out o f the department where they are studying, being a membership of NGO orassociation related to TIE, attendance level of activities related toTIE, watching TV/radio program related to TIE, the level of readingbooks related to TIE of fine arts students are generally very low.According to the university variable that was studied in the research,it is founded that the fine arts students in İnönü University, then Dokuz Eylül University have the highest attitudes and the students in Hacettepe University have the lowest attitudes towards TIE. As a matterof fact, according to the results of ANOVA and PostHoc tests, theattitudes towards TIE of the fine arts students studying at Dokuz Eylüland İnönü University are significantly higher that the fine arts students studying at Hacettepe University. As a result, it was found that the fine arts faculty students have alow level of cognitive levels for the Turkish Islamic historical worksand there are no significant difference between the cognitive levels ofmale and female students. The fine arts students prefer to take lessonsrelated to TIE in the department instead of out of the department where they are studying. It was found that very few fine arts students attended social activities ans reas books related to TIE. The findingsshow that the female students are more likely to participate in activities and have a better attitude related to TIE than the male students.Moreover, the senior students have a higher cognitive level and attitude than the others. According to the results of the research, it is suggested to give better education to fine arts students about Turkish Islamic historical works. 2026-07-16