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The figure of Vampire, who drinks blood and is active at night, is particularly known in West culture, but it is evident that this figure appears in much older and more varied forms in Turkish mythology. In Turkish mythology, vampire-like entities have been known for centuries under various names such as hortlak, obur, cadı, alkarısı, yalmovuz, yek, yek içgek, and kara koncolos like. These entities have not only persisted in Turkish folk beliefs but have also continued to appear in historical do

In Turkish culture, vampires are multifaceted and layered supernatural entities that, after death, continue to exist in unnatural forms, haunting humans by consuming their blood or life essence. These figures appear in Turkish folk beliefs, historical documents, and literary texts as dark forces threatening both individual and social order. The phenomenon of vampirism in Turkish culture developed independently of Western traditions, within a native mythological continuity. Although the vampire f