Öz
Wedding ceremonies called "toy" or "toyun" among Turkish communities have varied influenced by the cultural elements of the geography. As a matter of fact, it is possible to encounter the marriage customs that emerged depending on the turbe and entombed saints, which are one of the belief elements of Turkish culture. Entombed saints, respected by society, manifest as divine figures as a result of their miracles. Help is sought from these people in order to include the holy within their body and to keep the things to be done away from the unholy. Because human beings are in a relationship with the other world. Respecting deceased ancestors, fearing their wrath, and sanctifying their souls with some rituals are indicators of communication with the other world. This communication also occurs in marriage ceremonies. The turbes and entombed saints, which reflect the belief world of the society, contain many traces of the past. One of these cultural traces is the tradition of "inviting entombed saint to the wedding". The basis of this tradition is that the entombed saints in the Doğanhisar are invited to the wedding by women. The tradition is important in terms of showing how strong the mystical imaginations in the imagination of the local people are. As a result of the field studies carried out in Doğanhisar, it was determined that the practice of save the date was carried out in two separate entombed saints on two hills surrounding the district and around a turbe in the district center. In line with the data obtained, it has been discussed that in the context of the tradition of marriage, the causality of this situation and that the ″inviting entombed saints to the wedding″. In the study, the cultural basis of the ″inviting entombed saint to the wedding″ ritual, which is performed in the context of marriage tradition, has been examined by making use of sources.