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İn Cin (also: İn jinn) is a Turkish phrase used to express that a place is entirely abandoned.[1][2][3]

Background

According to Turkish beliefs, İn and jinn inhabit forgotten or desolated places.[4] Therefore, a place visited by such beings, as for example in "İn cin top oynamak" ("İn and jinn play ball"), means that this place must be completely devoid of human life.[5]

The combination of these two entities bears resemblance to the Quranic phrase al-ins wa al-jinn (الإِنسِ وَالْجِنِّ).[6] However, whereas in Arabic the term al-ins (الإِنسِ) refers to mankind, the similar Turkish term (İn) refers to a being similar to the jinn (human means insan in Turkish).[7] The İn would be less predictable in behavior and more prone to chaos than the jinn.[8]

The jinn entered the Turkish consciousness through Islam. The İn refers to a type of demon from Turkish legends. İn might root in the concept of Turkic master spirits (İye).[9] In many Turkish tales, people are afraid or even killed by the İn and jinn when visiting haunted places.[10][11]

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References

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    "İn Cin Ne Demek? | Kelimeler.Net".
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    "İn cin ne demek? İn cin TDK sözlük anlamı nedir?". Mynet Eğitim. May 24, 2022.
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    Aydın, Hasene. "Mitolojik Kökenli Doğaüstü Varlıkların Deyimlere Yansıyan Özellikleri." Turkish Studies 16 (2021): 3.
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    Ergun, Pervin. "Türk kültüründe ruhlar ve orman kültü." Millî Folklor 87 (2010): 113-121.
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    "İn cin top oynamak ne demek? İn cin top oynamak TDK sözlük anlamı nedir?". Mynet Eğitim. June 9, 2022.
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    Nünlist, Tobias (2015). Dämonenglaube im Islam [Demonic Belief in Islam] (in German). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-110-33168-4.
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    "İn cin ne demek? İn cin TDK sözlük anlamı nedir?". Mynet Eğitim. 24 May 2022.
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    Murat Bengisu Kafekültür Yayincilik p. 149
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    Duymaz, Ali, and Halil İbrahim Şahin. "MESLEK FOLKLORU KAPSAMINDA GELENEKSEL MESLEKLERDEKİ PİR İNANCI VE HİKÂYELERİ ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME." Milli Folklor 22.87 (2010).
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    Gözaydın, Nevzat. "Türkiye'de ölü ve ölümle ilgili anlatılar katalogu üzerine-VIII." p. 27
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    DİREKÇİ, Bekir. "" İpäk Yoli Äfsånäläri" nin Tasnifi." Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi 26 (2009): 39-56.
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