Title: DEDE KORKUT KİTABINDA ERKEK KAHRAMAN STATÜSÜ
Abstract: There are narratives which are real and supernatural, continue their existence and making progress in several societies in the book of Dede Qorqud.That the man take control the works done by the women by adoptting a sedentary life has brought about the change of status after social activities such as hounding, cropping, exploring and using the fire, tools, leather industry, weaving, settling in.The fact that status in the book of Dede Qorqut which the male's authority have and god's power is seen as same as the khanate status reveals the individual power.In this study, that transition's reflection of religious, governmental and social status into male dominance occurring in the transition period from matriarchal to patriarchal with transition period from hounding and prinitive garden farming to hunting-sheepherding in the transition period from Umay goddess to Gök Tanrı belief will be revealed in the context of Dede Qorqut Book's male heroes.