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I dealt with the Göktürks for the first time in film length last summer. But some questions remained unanswered. The most important one also involves a misunderstanding: "Göktürk" refers only to the ruling dynasty of Ashina and Ashide, not to all Turks who lived in the empire. But where did these two tribes come from in the first place?
Their history is as mysterious as it is complex. They appeared seemingly out of nowhere on the Altay, established an empire from Korea to Europe that lasted two centuries, and then seemingly disappeared again. And the names of the Göktürk rulers suggest a non-Turkicorigin. Are some of the Turkologists right with this thesis?
The whole affair is not that simple. But thanks to the latest DNA research, we finally hold the riddle's solution in our hands.
In this video I also talk about the upcoming projects. There will be a second and third Göktürk film, to be released in 2022.