Demirkol, N.2016-02-082016-02-08200513003984http://hdl.handle.net/11693/23928Community centers have a significant role in the history of Turkish folklore studies through their folklore-oriented activities, publications and especially magazines. The latter deserve special attention as a written source of oral literature products and a reflection of the folklore understanding of the community centers. This study includes the results of the analysis of a community center magazine, Ordu Community Center Magazine, focusing on the research methods used in the magazine's studies and the community center's understanding of folklore.TurkishCommunity centerFolkloreMagazineA typical representative of the romantic-nationalist understanding of folklore: The journal of the ordu community centerRomantik ve ulusçu halkbilimi anlayişinin tipik bir temsilcisi: Ordu ili halkevi dergisiArticle