An online event called "Meaning and Functions of Hıdırellez" was organized by the Traditional Turkish Handicrafts Application and Research Center on 06.05.2024 within the scope of "Hıdırellez Celebrations". The event which Prof. Mehmet Aça, Ph.D., faculty member of Marmara University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Turkish Language and Literature Department, participated as a speaker, was moderated by Assoc. Prof. Serap Aslan Cobutoğlu, Ph.D., a faculty member of our university. Aça, who made evaluations about the philosophical background of Hıdırellez during his speech, focused on the meaning and importance of Hıdırellez, the problem of "meaninglessness", which is seen as one of the biggest problems of the modern age, and mans search for meaning in life, the fine line at the intersection of birth and death, ecological data, and traditional myths. The event ended after questions and contributions from faculty members from various universities.