This study deals with mutual relations of culture and religion taking place in the social basis. The aim of the study is to understand and give meaning to the interaction between culture and religion, both of which are essential to social life, with the sociological perspective. In this research, the phenomenon of religion-culture interaction on the social setting is discussed with a substantive-functional approach through benefiting from documents on religion and culture. Culture, which is among most complex anthropological, ethnological, folklorical, sociological, etc. concepts, has varying definitions. Culture, as all kinds of human products produced in the society, is one of the most important aspects of social life. A series of combination of the social processes, culture can be understood as a set of complex symbols and concepts in social life. The symbolic aspect of culture is a very important aspect which reveals itself in society's interaction with culture's world of meanings and beliefs, and religion. The symbolic dimension is the interaction ground of culture and religion. It is impossible to understand religion witihout seeing its symbol dimension, for religious beliefs, ideas, and practices become a common point with symbols in social life, are transmitted from generation to generation, become permanent and deepened in the inner world and life of human, and in collective spirit, consciousness, memory, and life. Religious symbolism or a system of symbols is necessary for society's communication with the sacred, turning towards the sacred, and manifesting its tendency to the sacred in social ground. That culturereligion interaction is mentioned means that religion and culture have two separate entities in social life. In this context, in society, religion influences culture and culture influences religion in various ways with different factors. Religion-culture relations finds reality sometimes in harmony, accordance, and adaptation, and sometimes in violence, conflict, discord and maladaptation. interaction with culture's world of meanings and beliefs, and religion. The symbolic dimension is the interaction ground of culture and religion. It is impossible to understand religion witihout seeing its symbol dimension, for religious beliefs, ideas, and practices become a common point with symbols in social life, are transmitted from generation to generation, become permanent and deepened in the inner world and life of human, and in collective spirit, consciousness, memory, and life. Religious symbolism or a system of symbols is necessary for society's communication with the sacred, turning towards the sacred, and manifesting its tendency to the sacred in social ground. That culturereligion interaction is mentioned means that religion and culture have two separate entities in social life. In this context, in society, religion influences culture and culture influences religion in various ways with different factors. Religion-culture relations finds reality sometimes in harmony, accordance, and adaptation, and sometimes in violence, conflict, discord and maladaptation. The mutual relations of culture and religion is a reality space seen clearly on everyday life. While religion changes and transforms culture on the one hand, culture influences religion coming to life within it in various ways on the other hand. At this point it is important not to fall into a misunderstanding like that religion is entirely a product of culture or converts totally and absolutely culture. Religion is functional in the preservation, conservation, transfer from generation to generation, reshaping, conversion and continuation of culture. This feature of religion is closely linked to its functions such as preservation, conservation, legitimizing, renewal and revitalization. Religion protects it and transmits from generation to generation by getting the validity of culture accepted by society and by taking culture under its umbrella. As for culture, it is effective in the perception of religion, its interpretation, transforming behavior, becoming belief and understanding, experience and spreading in social life. Religion can influence culture in three ways: 1. Religion can support culture, 2. can modify, change it, or affect it relatively in a negative way, and 3. establish and build it. Likewise, culture influences religion in three ways: 1. Culture can influence religion in a positive way; 2 may adversely affect it, and 3 religion can arrange or change itself with regard to the situation of culture.