The initial nature-based structure of Turkish communities and their nomadic nature make natural forces an important part of their mythological beliefs. This mobility has led them to enrich their beliefs and to consider their approach to different forms of belief within the framework of tolerance. But the cult of the tree has always been an important cult for the Turks until today. The Turks encounters with different religions caused them not to discriminate between beliefs, but they did not give up the basic beliefs of ground, sky, water and the cult of ancestors. Despite the Islamic belief, mythological elements related to the cult of ground, sky, water and ancestors have been passed down orally, especially in ruralists and pastoralist communities. There is no doubt that their isolated or semi-insulated life makes an important contribution. The main purpose of this research is to describe how the tree, one of these mythological elements or mythological cults, is depicted in Turkish painting in terms of form and colour and how much this depiction consistent with the mythological meaning. The concept of morphology is used in the research as the evaluation of the relationship between form and colour first separately and then with a holistic approach together with the mythological meaning of the tree cult.
Tree cult, morphology, Turkish painting art, Tree in Turkish painting, Turkish mythology.