The Celestial Turks: Origins, Culture and Rise of the Göktürk Dynasty

In the middle of the 6th century, the fate of Eurasia was about to change forever. Two brothers, Bumin and Istemi, became leaders of the Turkic Ashina, a clan of semi-nomadic steppe warriors who resided at the Altai Mountains. Like the other tribes in the area, the Ashina were known to teach their children from a young age to ride horses and the use of bow and arrow. And like the others, they were also followers of Tengri, the almighty ruler of the sky, while abiding to the Töre, the ancient traditions which regulated society. Additionally, this clan had also specialized in blacksmithing. This was a society where religious tolerance was in place, where respect among family members was expected, where ancestry was deemed holy, and in which women could become as powerful as men. But the Ashina had been forged by subjugation, being vassals of the mighty Rouran Empire. Fueled by retribution against their exploitation, and by a vision to unite the fragmented Turkic tribes, Bumin and Istemi ignited a rebellion against the Rouran ruler, called Anagui. No longer would their people be pawns in the games of these Mongolic nobles. Now, the Turks would become the architects of their OWN destiny. This is the tale of the Ashina Clan, the crucible from which emerged the Göktürk Empire - a realm that would stretch its wings from Ukraine and the Caucasus to the borders of China and Korea. In doing so, Bumin and Istemi would liberate an entire culture from the shackles of subjugation, and shape the destiny of an entire continent. They would go down in history as "the Celestial Turks".
In the first episode of the eponymous documentary series, we are going to explore the mythical origins of the Ashina tribe, its lifestyle and societal order as well as the belief system of Tengrism, the prevailing religion of all Turkic peoples. Then, we are taking a look at the situation of the tribe among its larger neighbors, their exchange with the Chinese Wei Empire, the relations to the Turkic Tiele (Tegreg) federation as well as its standing within hierarchy of the Rouran. Lastly, we will try to understand how Bumin, the successor to the unlucky Tuwu, managed to defeat the Rouran, free his peoples from bondage and establish his own Empire in a matter of only five years.
You can check out all the sources used for the making of this video, the entire series and the corresponding book via a Google Document: docs.google.com/document/d/1w...
WEBSITE: KhansDen.net
PATREON: bit.ly/3BR6M3T
PODCAST: bit.ly/KhansDenPodcast
BOOK: amzn.to/3fwqmKR
BOOK 2nd Edition (shown in video): [Coming Soon]
Chapters:
00:00-01:51 Introducing the Ashina Dynasty
01:52-06:26 Mythical Origins: Legend Of Asena
06:27-09:11 Birth and Meaning of "Türk"
09:12-11:50 Turkic Way of Life: Law and Society
11:51-17:25 Tengrism: Religion and Cosmology of the Turks
17:26-22:56 Warriors Trapped Between Empires
22:57-25:36 Bumin and Istemi Take Power
25:37-29:25 The Celestial Revolution
29:26-31:23 Foundation of the Türk Khaganate
31:24-32:22 Bilge Khagan's Wise Words

[@KhansDen]

Watch Episode 2 next: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpWkdYl8jqdjmLs As Turks all over the world celebrate the founding of the Republic of Türkiye exactly 100 years later, on 29 October 2023, it is of course important to know where the name "Turk" derived from, who the first people to call themselves "Turks" were, how they lived, what they believed in and how they fought for their freedom. For this reason, I have published a documentary on the Göktürks on this exact date. The documentary features high quality original footage from Mongolia and the Altai Mountains, home of the Ashina tribe of the Göktürks, as well as historical reenactments in the form of many AI-assisted images. The soundtrack is also, for the first time, distinctly old Turkic in nature. THE CELESTIAL TURKS - which is also the name of the upcoming book - is the result of many years of research and theories of my own, and is also in a way the product of almost four years of this channel. The journey of the Göktürks has just begun in this series, but for me personally, it has culminated. So for those who have followed me from the beginning, and to those who recently joined KHAN's DEN, I say: thank you for your support, and enjoy this banger.

[@DeanisUk]

Our ancestors are from North Asia, Siberia, the Caucasus and Anatolia. The history made up by the West and China is not our history. We must return to Ataturk's historical consciousness and start working together with the Etruscans and İiskit. Now, developments in technology support the theses of Atatürk and Lazım Mirşan.

[@alaneldira9578]

Well done, it's our history, our soul, our tengri. Our relationship with nature

[@Black_Pudzianowski]

I would like the book 😊

[@htaimaimunbaskunchi7234]

yasa low has nothing to do with turks it is uighur invention and later was adopted by mongolians as well as uighur script

[@Oguzeli140]

I’m interested to know where your interest in our history comes from? Read "Dede Gorgut" maybe you will find out more information! Where can I buy the book ? Thank you very much for your work man.

[@antoniobautista6718]

To think the Turkic people faced off well with both the superpowers of the Imperial Chinese dynasties and the Roman Empire, even conquering the Eastern Roman Empire. Just shows how important and impactful they were in history!

[@arianjahani2952]

In fact, the science of archeology and genetics has shown that the kings of Gok Turks were Iranian, Gok Turks were a combination of several races and ethnicities, especially the Indo-Iranian tribes, the Pashtuns of Afghanistan are descended from Gok Turks.

[@tekincagman4296]

​@@arianjahani2952😂😂😂😂 Afgan yes are not Persiyen Persiyen IS no Türk Persien ol Time bulşit

[@arianjahani2952]

@@tekincagman4296 According to Canadian scholar Joo-Yup Lee, it is possible that the Ashina tribe belonged to the paternal haplogroup R1a1. The reasoning for this assumption is that the Ashina tribe was said to be closely related to the Yenisei Kirghiz people, and also to the Iranian Saka. The modern-day descendants of the Yenisei Kirghiz, the Kyrgyz people, have one of the highest frequencies of haplogroup R1a-Z93. This lineage is associated with Indo-Iranians who migrated to the Altai region in the Bronze Age, and is carried by various Türkic groups. American historian Peter Golden has reported that genetic testing of the proposed descendants of the Ashina tribe does seem to confirm a link to the Indo-Iranians, emphasizing that "the Turks as a whole ‘were made up of heterogeneous and somatically dissimilar populations'".The paternal haplogroup identified in the proposed descendants of the Ashina was R1a-Z2124, the so-called "Pashtun cluster". This is genetic science

[@predator1170]

@@arianjahani2952 you are delusional ahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahaah

[@arianjahani2952]

@@predator1170 Several researchers, including Peter B. Golden, H. W. Haussig, S. G. Klyashtorny, Carter V. Findley,D. G. Savinov, B. A. Muratov,S. P. Guschin, and András Róna-Tas have posited that the term Ashina is from the Iranian Saka or possibly from the Wusun. possibly from the Wusun.[38] Carter V. Findley assumes that the name "Ashina" comes from one of the Saka languages of central Asia and means "blue" (which translates to Proto-Turkic *kȫk, whence Old Turkic kök, and same in all Modern Turkic languages). The color blue is identified with the east, so that Göktürk, another name for the Turkic empire, meant the "Turks of the East"; meanwhile, Peter Benjamin Golden favours a more limited denotation of Göktürks as denoting only the Eastern Turks. This idea is seconded by Hungarian researcher András Róna-Tas, who finds it plausible "that we are dealing with a royal family and clan of Saka origin". Findley also said that the term böri, used to identify the ruler's retinue as 'wolves', probably also derived from one of the Iranian language Christian, David (1998). A history of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, Vol. 1: Inner Eurasia from prehistory to the Mongol Empire. Blackwell. Findley, Carter Vaughin. The Turks in World History. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-517726-6. Golden, Peter. An introduction to the history of the Turkic peoples: Ethnogenesis and state-formation in medieval and early modern Eurasia and the Middle East, Harrassowitz, 1992. Grousset, René (1970). The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-1304-1. 😘

[@gabz2803]

As a Lebanese person i find this very very interesting. I love to gain knowledge of much older cultures as empires and try to peace together how modern empires and cultures grew. Good work keep it up

[@Afyonlu_edits]

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[@gabz2803]

@@Afyonlu_edits uneducated child

[@Afate_khar_o_bar]

This is just som Erduqan propaganda bull shit

[@Bebisim]

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[@SodGan-xl6ps]

*piece together 😊

[@subutaykhan9387]

Those crazy Turks! From eastern mongolia to the adriatic sea everywhere you can see Turks impact. What a lovely scene!!

[@user-sn3wj5xb2i]

Also in India, Egypt. Many American natives have relationships with turkic

[@olalamalo]

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[@turk-oguzunaslselcugunnesl751]

Bir Türk olarak tarihimizi böyle güzel anlattığınız için Teşekkür ederim , diğerlerinide izleyeceğim 🇹🇷❤️

[@oguz74000]

aynen muthis ya ,ama eksik demir daglari eriten atesten bahsetmemis ,kurt balasi ,kurt balasi kurt olur bastigi yer yurt olur ne mutlu Turkum diyene

[@peaceleader7315]

Wow, the Mongol did arrive in Turkey 🇹🇷 😳... hmmmm...

[@oguz74000]

@@peaceleader7315 tu es francophone ?pour avoir un anglais aussi pourri

[@oguz74000]

@@peaceleader7315 The soldier's Mongol Empire ,is Turk 's 80% ,mongol people is leetle people ,Mongol empire Dynastie is mongol people and soldiers is Turk 's your understand

[@peaceleader7315]

@@oguz74000 hmmmm...

[@Kultiginkhan]

As a Turk, I would like to thank you very much for your service...

[@arianjahani2952]

In fact, the science of archeology and genetics has shown that the kings of Gok Turks were Iranian, Gok Turks were a combination of several races and ethnicities, especially the Indo-Iranian tribes, the Pashtuns of Afghanistan are descended from Gok Turks.

[@sultanbeibarskhan]

​@@arianjahani2952you stupid? Ashina is turks

[@xiongnu6373]

Are you guys Asian?

[@alen467]

Tengri forever. Qazaqistan🇰🇿

[@AyKuTRyu]

Ne Mutlu Türk'üm Diyene!

[@Reader_curiosity]

A very beautiful and fascinating show about the roots of the great Ashina dynasty, Turkic mythology, Tengrian religion and the stunning landscapes of the Altai Mountains and eastern steppes. The hypotheses contained in ancient Chinese sources about the Ashina dynasty can be classified into two parts: First: General hypotheses: It deals with the general myth of the Turks and their historical roots. Chinese historians quoted the Turks as the legend of the wolf, and Chinese historians also confirmed the existence of a complete relationship between the Turks and the Xiongnu in terms of lineage, culture, customs, language, etc. The eastern steppe lands and the Altai Mountains are also mentioned as the motherland of the Turkic peoples. It is interesting to note that some Chinese historians indicated the existence of some relationship with the western steppes in the Caspian Sea lands, and this perhaps indicates Chinese historians’ knowledge of the spread of migrations of Turkic tribes to central Europe in the era of the Huns. Second: Special hypotheses: These special hypotheses address the roots of the history of the Ashina tribe. Chinese sources reported that the Ashina tribe was allied with the Northern Liang Kingdom of Xiongnu origin in Gansu Province, whose influence was expanding into the Tarim Basin. This indicates that the Ashina tribe was fully aware of the details of Chinese culture and the Buddhist religion, and not, as is rumored by some, that the emperors of the Ashina dynasty were allergic to these matters, while the details of the historical contexts refute this. It must be known that the Gansu region in the Middle and Ancient Ages was very diverse in population and contained different peoples, including Turks, Tibetans, Tanguts, in addition to the Han and others. Note that Gansu was a subsidiary of the Xiongnu Empire at the height of its expansion. The Northern Liang Kingdom contributed to the establishment of some of the most important Buddhist temples in Gansu, which are classified as World Heritage Sites and are admired worldwide. The other matter is that Chinese sources mention that the members of the Ashina tribe were skilled craftsmen in blacksmithing, mining, gold making, etc., in addition to fighting, war strategies, etc., and they constituted the primary logistical source for the Rouran Khaganate. There are some notes about some of the information contained in the passage. The Tiele confederation was essential and influential in the eastern steppes from an early time and is mentioned in ancient Chinese sources. For example, the Fufuluo tribe from the Tiele confederation was able in the fifth century AD to impose its control over the Tarim Basin and establish a kingdom and entered into a long conflict with the Rouran Khaganate. Of course, the relationship of the Rouran Khaganate with the Turks in general and the Ashina tribe in particular was complex and intertwined, as the Rouran consisted mainly of a tribal confederation, which included many Turkic tribes and clans, and there were clear Turkic influences on the Rouran Khaganate, whether in terms of the nobility class, names, terminology used, etc. Therefore, many historians consider the movement of the Bumin and Istemi brothers to have been an internal revolution in the eastern steppe. After that, the Ashina dynasty was able to face difficult challenges and impose its sovereignty over various Turkic tribal confederations such as Tiele, Kyrgyz, Xueyantuo, Yueban and others. The Ashina dynasty was able to achieve overwhelming victories against the Sui dynasty, which led to its downfall. The Tang dynasty was not able to achieve qualitative progress against the Ashina dynasty until it achieved a breakthrough into Gokturk, attracted many Turks affiliated with the Khaganate, formed a private army of Turks, and so on. There is an essential point that some ignore, and it covers the historical gap that separates the rise of the northern kingdoms after the collapse of the Han Empire and the rise of the Gokturk Empire in Eurasia. This is represented by the emergence of a Buddhist kingdom of steppe origin in some parts of the eastern steppes and northern China, which is the Kingdom of Northern Wei. Some view the history of Northern Wei superficially by limiting themselves to the origin of the dynasty from Xianbei, which is a subjective view. The Kingdom of Northern Wei was essentially based on a tribal confederation called the Tabgatch, consisting of several Turkic tribes and clans such as the Xiongnu, Tiele, Kyrgyz, and others. We find that Mahmoud Al-Kashgari, in the eleventh century AD, mentioned in his linguistic encyclopedia interesting information about the existence of an ancient Turkic tribe that lived in China, which was the Tabgatch tribe. It is likely that this information was transmitted by Kashgari from the Turkic collective mind regarding historical information circulating among the Turks about Tabgatch. As we know, the Karakhanid prince Mahmoud al-Kashgari lived with his ideas within the Islamic context between Kashgar and Baghdad, cut off from eastern Turkic sources and Chinese sources, even though the Karakhanid kingdom was the most important key player in the Silk Road in the Middle Ages. This is a long topic and needs more detail about the history of the great Karakhanid kingdom. Regardless of the origin of the Northern Wei dynasty and the controversy surrounding it, the large Turkic component in the basic confederation, whose influence is evident in the general title of the confederation and the names and terminology common among them, cannot be ignored. I do not know why this superficial problem disappears for some people when they deal with the Golden Horde, the Barlas tribe, the Safavid dynasty, and others. Dealing through the scientific method solves all these simple problems. The scientific method combines facts, ideas, and opportunities and does not differentiate between them.

[@kolepate7057]

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Thanks a lot for yet another great video! Can't wait for the next one...

[@hs-istanbul1453]

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[@TheNormanbro]

Great video! You reminded our real ancestors to us. Thank you for that.

[@javadasaadi8430]

as an Iranian im proud of the part of my culture as " azeri turk" in fact i can describe turkic culture as " the honey" and Iranic culture as the " milk"! mixture of those would make the sweetest and coolest drink evah for whole world! love u from #Iran 😘

[@Afate_khar_o_bar]

آخر راه این کانال ختم میشه به تبلیغات ضد ایران الهام علیف و اردوغان

[@mehmetcaglarozgur7679]

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[@Userjunior2016]

Quality video and informative as allways Thanks Emre

[@yagmuralksal4762]

This is beyond brilliant. You are doing what hundreds of academies full of academicians have tried but failed to do. Ay bre Türkoman alkış olsun senin adın

[@ainalrami]

Amazing video. No one teached us non of them in the schools. As a Turk i just start read about our mythology and ancient history. Great job thanks a lot..

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative and wonderful introduction video about Turkik tribe's and Empire's...thank you KhanDen channel .

[@fierceperedur]

This is so great!! I'm learning about one of my favorite places and definitely my favorite time in history. The Heroic Age.

[@daemiax]

Amazing work Emre. Kut Bolsun!

[@tanyas8596]

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[@jamessavvides81]

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[@EBSSonRoad]

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[@burstfireno1617]

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[@a.s.e7815]

This was amazing. Instantly reloaded it once finished. Great content!

[@arianjahani2952]

In fact, the science of archeology and genetics has shown that the kings of Gok Turks were Iranian, Gok Turks were a combination of several races and ethnicities, especially the Indo-Iranian tribes, the Pashtuns of Afghanistan are descended from Gok Turks.

[@Bjorn_Algiz]

Very interesting and informative 😮 love the work.

[@denker3433]

Tolles Video, vielen vielen Dank 🙏🏼🧿

[@321123580]

Quality production 👍

[@sureyyademir2273]

Honestly very good! I think you have made this video so easy to understand. Loved the graphics and music. Well done Emre kardeş keep them coming 👏👏👏

[@KhansDen]

Thank you so much!

[@steveclark5357]

I am learning much from you about the turks, thank you

[@erenaltinparmak]

Bu videolar nasil 3K izleniyor kafayi yicem. Müthiş hazirlanissin Emre kardesim ellerine sağlık ❤

[@sozak79]

Amazing documentary... really enjoyed that and hopefully see more soon

[@tianmere]

This was awesome! I'd love more about the mythology! I love this channel.

[@KhansDen]

There's more to come about Mythology and Cosmology :)

[@gulnursonmez9539]

Kanalınızı yeni keşfettim. Video çok başarılı olmuş, tebrik ederim. Yeni abonenizim. Ne yazık ki tarih konusunda hafızam çok zayıf. 50 kere tekrar yapsam yine unutuyorum. Ama böyle videolar izlemeyi seviyorum.

[@ezraoz3904]

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[@matrixxx3662]

Self hating Anatolian lol

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[@graucanal]

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[@Skyfeedonline]

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[@umitbayulken.pleasetellthe876]

Sagolun buyuk bir hazla dinledim … Rahmetli atalarim dogru anlatmislar sizi Ulu Tanri korusun….

[@nurulhudavijapurwala4936]

Allah protect you

[@ArthurGencer]

This was excellent.

[@morgancorey7265]

Thatnks for youre hard work

[@AlbayrakS7]

Türkçe altyazı eklediğiniz için sağolun 🙂

[@veronicalogotheti1162]

Turkish is not turk

[@AlbayrakS7]

@@veronicalogotheti1162 ?

[@Umay205]

Bu neydi ya böyle film izledim sanki çok akıcı çok güzeldi emeğinize sağlık

[@unseliorki1395]

Çizimler harika. ❤

[@serkankinden5150]

Hello Khans Den! This was again great job, you are wonderful presenter. I really felt honoured, motivated especially at last minutes as you shared english version of orkhon writings. (I really love to read it again and again). Thanks a lot for all your efforts! 👏👏👏

[@matrixxx3662]

You look Anatolian not Central Asian.

[@serkankinden5150]

@@matrixxx3662 Look at 17 december post of Khan's Den. Gokturk emperor (ashina dynasty) shows how Turks were looking like...

[@serkankinden5150]

Also Dear Korol Kişçak your name is so deeply tatar name, dont fool yourself. You are a real turkic. 😆

[@matrixxx3662]

@@serkankinden5150 Look Khans Den is a KZbinr not a anthropologist. But we have scientific evidence and historical documents on oldest Turkic people. Remember Turkic is an Altai language like Korean, Mongolian, Japanese and Mandarin who homogenous. We can also go further back In history all the way to the ANE who belonged to haplogroup R. They looked East Asian In phenotype despite not being East Asian genetically. They also became ancestors of Mongols and Turks as well as Indo-Europeans. They lived In Siberia. So we know were East Asians gets their looks from. We know Turkic people mixed with Mongols and other Central Asian tribes before they entered Anatolia. Today that admixture is non existent In modern Turkish people In Anatolia. They are like Persians who still think they Aryans with only 14% Steppe dna. It’s Pathetic.

[@serkankinden5150]

@@matrixxx3662 I say partly same. Turkic people are not pure east asian, this is also can be seen by their phenotype. You can see that kaghan of Göktürk has both east asian and west asian phenotypes. I also have seen this coin's source news in internet from reliable sources and accepted scientists, this is not fake. Moreover, Khan's Den is a good researcher tousand times more reliable than eurocentric geneticians. Look personally into internet search... I have realized that most of eurocentric autosomal dna distributions are statistical, badly classified data. Most of northeast european, baltic, north atlantic dna are classifed west euroasian but nearest distances get mostly finnic, uralic, turkic, altaic people. If you say east euroasians are west euroasians in classifications, so you cant see any east euroasian in genetic inspections, obvious. Unfortunately, most of autosomal inspections are wrong.

[@azazel9150]

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[@muzocevani4736]

Cok tesekurler cok guzel is cıkarmıssınız ellerinize sayglık arkasııda bekleriz

[@alpkut]

Interesting fact to note that the name Ashina derived from Chinese sources and there’s no mention of this name nor in oral history or runic sculptors. Thus the original name should be completely different from what Chinese documented the name.

[@emindemirbas4768]

Ellerine sağlık

[@ILYAS-7]

From this channel we are waiting for another story about the Turkic Empire of the Khorezmshahs.Initially, the Khorezmshah dynasty began its career from slavery, and their last descendant Saifutdin Kutuz was the son of the sister of Sultan Jalal ad Dina, after the death of Jalal ad Dina, Sayfutdin Kutuz was captured and as a child was sold into slavery to the Mamluks and the boy rose from slavery to chaptersMamluk states and defeated the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut. A very interesting dynasty with a tragic fate. By the way, another daughter from this dynasty will be captured in the hands of the Mongols and the Mongols give this girl as a dear gift to the Khan of the Golden Horde and from her a boy is born with the name Giyosiddin Muhammad (Uzbekhan) and when this boy comes to power the Golden Horde, he will Golden Horde Islamicstates.

[@user-rb5je8ml7g]

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[@sereflacin95]

Very nice ❤ I love it.

[@schotarobota]

How did you do the Graphic design the Pictures are Amazing!

[@KhansDen]

Hundreds of hours of work put into AI-assisted tools... the end result can be seen in this video :)

[@gurkankaraali9608]

TURKS are the ones who founded the most states and empires in the world. The number of established states that can be counted is 140 and more. The number of established empires that can be counted is 16.

[@Nastya_07]

"TURKS are the ones who founded the most states and empires in the world" I doubt that Many other ethnolinguistic groups established a lot of states and empires (for example, Germanic peoples)

[@kurt.1453]

Bu sadece 16 sayilanlar normalde daha fazla

[@gurkankaraali9608]

@@Nastya_07 If you are from one of the western countries, you are likely to be blind. Have no doubt. Research how many Turkish states there are in the world right now.

[@gianky343]

Including the Khazar Kaghanat? Why does this documentary never mention the Khazars, who were western Göktürks ?

[@gurkankaraali9608]

@@gianky343 And you're right. and Khazar Turks still exist today. They are the founders of the new Turkish unity in the background.

[@umitaltay465]

While watching this i felt like i lived those days in my past life ,I have flashes of my past life !!

[@mehmetyatkin9769]

Çok guzel olmuş

[@talia1907]

Son bölüm çok hatta eşsiz güzel olmuş Orhun Yazıtları söylemi.

[@turktarihi266]

Great video! but I am slightly confused, were Tiele and Gaoche the same thing, or are they different?

[@KhansDen]

Thanks. And to answer your question, yes the Tiele and Gaoche mean one and the same people. Their reconstructed name is, according to Prof. Peter B. Golden, Tegreg. I realize that I used all three terms throughout the video, but they are interchangeable.

[@zagrowth8260]

Uzbeks have tribe named “Turk” which Tatar & Kazakh Turcologists believe it to be the only known Ashina in the Turkic World. Ashina actually means Blue in the sogdian language but Ashina called themselves KökTurk in real life.

[@arianjahani2952]

In fact, the science of archeology and genetics has shown that the kings of Gok Turks were Iranian, Gok Turks were a combination of several races and ethnicities, especially the Indo-Iranian tribes, the Pashtuns of Afghanistan are descended from Gok Turks.

[@ozgurask753]

@@arianjahani2952 yes yes, I read that even french people are Iranian

[@turkay7275]

​@@arianjahani2952😂😂😂😂

[@arianjahani2952]

@@turkay7275 Several researchers, including Peter B. Golden, H. W. Haussig, S. G. Klyashtorny, Carter V. Findley,D. G. Savinov, B. A. Muratov,S. P. Guschin, and András Róna-Tas have posited that the term Ashina is from the Iranian Saka or possibly from the Wusun. possibly from the Wusun.[38] Carter V. Findley assumes that the name "Ashina" comes from one of the Saka languages of central Asia and means "blue" (which translates to Proto-Turkic *kȫk, whence Old Turkic kök, and same in all Modern Turkic languages). The color blue is identified with the east, so that Göktürk, another name for the Turkic empire, meant the "Turks of the East"; meanwhile, Peter Benjamin Golden favours a more limited denotation of Göktürks as denoting only the Eastern Turks. This idea is seconded by Hungarian researcher András Róna-Tas, who finds it plausible "that we are dealing with a royal family and clan of Saka origin". Findley also said that the term böri, used to identify the ruler's retinue as 'wolves', probably also derived from one of the Iranian language Christian, David (1998). A history of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, Vol. 1: Inner Eurasia from prehistory to the Mongol Empire. Blackwell. Findley, Carter Vaughin. The Turks in World History. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-517726-6. Golden, Peter. An introduction to the history of the Turkic peoples: Ethnogenesis and state-formation in medieval and early modern Eurasia and the Middle East, Harrassowitz, 1992. Grousset, René (1970). The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-1304-1. According to Canadian scholar Joo-Yup Lee, it is possible that the Ashina tribe belonged to the paternal haplogroup R1a1. The reasoning for this assumption is that the Ashina tribe was said to be closely related to the Yenisei Kirghiz people, and also to the Iranian Saka. The modern-day descendants of the Yenisei Kirghiz, the Kyrgyz people, have one of the highest frequencies of haplogroup R1a-Z93. This lineage is associated with Indo-Iranians who migrated to the Altai region in the Bronze Age, and is carried by various Türkic groups. American historian Peter Golden has reported that genetic testing of the proposed descendants of the Ashina tribe does seem to confirm a link to the Indo-Iranians, emphasizing that "the Turks as a whole ‘were made up of heterogeneous and somatically dissimilar populations'".The paternal haplogroup identified in the proposed descendants of the Ashina was R1a-Z2124, the so-called "Pashtun cluster".

[@zagrowth8260]

@@ozgurask753 no they say Hitler was pure Iranian 😂

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

The history of Turkey is very, very, very wonderful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@KavkAzeri]

Not Turkiye but Turkic people

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

@@KavkAzeri correct

[@alibaba-wl8jb]

@@KavkAzeri TÜRKIYE sks seni

[@alibaba-wl8jb]

@@KavkAzeri of Türkiye also. I am so proud of being turkish in TÜRKIYE ❤️

[@alibaba-wl8jb]

@@KavkAzeri iran maymunu

[@Nastya_07]

First? Anyways, great video

[@gloriosatierra]

I am inspired. ⚔️

[@ibotea3543]

Selam olsun Türk dünyasına ❤

[@turkishprepper]

Great work, nice AI touch. Gokturks will return 🐺

[@gianky343]

They never disappeared, in fact ...

[@Gokturk.35]

ne güzel anlatım olmuş bumin kağanın son cümleside manidar sanki bugün için söylenmiş , Ey Türk Titre ve Kendine Gel yok olma dış güçlere kanma

[@veronicalogotheti1162]

Thank you

[@plasebox]

cool 👏👏👏

[@yunqb1519]

Is there a source or proper reference for how gokturks used to dress? As in were there special specific pieces of clothing and if possible names of those? I would love to read about more of this, if there are any available sources

[@essasuu5941]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hp2apJyNrN-cmNUsi=k1RPBbdXHwQC-Jik İt's a documentary about the oldest known trousers. They were produced sometime before the Gokturk era in the Altai region.

[@Kuzguni]

Yes there are. I have read a few pictures and articles before, from hair braids to clothing, I can't find them, but the first name that comes to my mind is "The Man in the Golden Dress" "Altın Elbiseli Adam" in Turkish

[@frankmcquade992]

Viva Ashina!

[@zaferozyurt9294]

ASENA+TENGRİ=TÜRK.... NE MUTLU TÜRKÜM DİYENE...

[@muratlokmanoglu]

Ekranın sol alt köşesinde yer alan Bayındır Boyu tamgası sizin de o boydan olduğunuzu mu simgeliyor?

[@samsong8106]

great!

[@Askleipos]

Where is the source of the images, if that`s AI please share the link. Also is it possible for you to share the image at 0.45? Video is much appreciated, thanks.

[@KhansDen]

The source is "me", as I made the images with AI-assisted tools. I give directions, the software takes care of the rest. You can indeed purchase many of the images shown here on my ArtStation page: www.artstation.com/a/32577878 (yes, creating the images costs money and a lot of time - have to balance that out somehow). From time to time, I publish artworks for everyone to see and use on the community tab of this channel. You can subscribe and will then be notified whenever there is something new to look at.

[@a.3009]

beautiful

[@tanjuhan5084]

Nice work The Turkic history is uprising Warte natürlich auf die deutsche Version wenn kommt. Hätte gern ne deutsche Übersetzung der " inscriptions" auf deutsch.

[@user-pf4vv2ki3v]

I would like to do an episode about northern wei turco-chinese dynasty

[@azazel9150]

топчик всё круто

[@bayxman2]

M.Ö önceki çinin türklerle ilgili ilk tarihi kayıtlarında küzey bozkır türk boylarının kendilerini AŞİNA olarak adlandıldığından bahseder..

[@eco-futuredesigngroup4161]

We Turks made history ! The others wrote it down!

[@Tunc_36]

Bir Türk olarak teşekkür ederiz

[@Home0653]

I read the past of the turks turkic is about 5000 year?

[@nesrinnessart]

Ty 🤘🐺🤷🍀

[@cudanmang_theog]

What was the relationship of turkic khanates with Korean and tungus kingdoms?

[@KhansDen]

Very good question which we will explore in the next episode. To put it bluntly, after the verses of the Orkhon Inscription that were cited at the end of this video, the Göktürks mention that diplomats from "Bökli", which was Goguryeo, arrived in Ötüken to pay their condolences to a certain Göktürk Khagan. As the Goguryeo were seeking an alliance with the Turks a few decades later, the Chinese Sui Dynasty intervened and declared war on Goguryeo. Regarding the Tungus, there is no information unfortunately.

[@user-mm7zi4ue7d]

Tunguska is Eastern Mongolia. The rise of the Ottoman Empire is backed by numerous Turkic Khanates. These Khanates are not within the Ottoman territory, but the land they control is several times that of the Ottoman Empire. Mongolia is the agent of the Turks, equivalent to Japan and the United Kingdom today. Like the agents of the United States, South Korea is special. All parties want it to maintain its existence. Whoever forces it is its agent. South Korea has basically been an agent of Mongolia for thousands of years. Even today, Russia controls half of it. It has absorbed part of the Mongolian Turks and continues to maintain the balance of the past. Tunguska and the Turks have both blood and trade ties. Before Russia existed, they were the Turks' agents. Maintaining relations with Russia means maintaining relations with the Turks. , not much different from the past. Russia used Mongolians and Turks of Russian origin to communicate with them.

[@cudanmang_theog]

​@@KhansDencan you explain the five tribes of the xianbei that invaded china? were the xianbei blonde and caucasian as they were depicted in chinese paintings in Wei dynasties?

[@korkut31]

in gokturk kaganate age, there were some koreans in this state. it is known

[@Efrasiyap2333]

Konuşan video Benim Atalarımdan Bahsediyor!!!!Men TURKS❤

[@user-nr9fc4xm3g]

Isn‘t the Rouran the Touran??

[@KatariaGujjar]

The Ergenekon story of trapped behind mountain then melting it to break free sounds eerily similar to the Yajuj Majuj story in the Quran.

[@cengizaltinveturkturanlilartar]

Gog Magog Yecüc Mecüc, Bunlar Türk Turandır. Esen Kalın.

[@codingstyle9480]

So the Arabs must have been scared of the Turks.

[@cagataytezcan1998]

Gog magog bambaşka birşey. Ancak Ergenekon destanı ile benzerliği beni de hep şaşırtmıştır. 15 Senedir Kuran ve İslam okuyan Bir Türk olarak bunu söylüyorum... Yecüc ve Mecüc ün Bizim şu an ulaşamadığımız kadar eski Tarihi bir devirde yaşamış olan bir toplum olduğunu söyleyebilirim. Elinde bir güç ve imkan bulunan Zülkarneyn tarafından bir yere hapsedilirler ve Önlerine çekilen Sed Dünyanın Sonu geldiğinde açılacak ve bu iki Kavim Kıyametin hemen öncesinde ztüm dünyaya yayılacaktır. Detaylı bilgi isterseniz Ayet numaralarını paylaşabilirim.

[@MrEintrachtffm1]

Würde gerne dein buch kaufen und Lesen❤

[@yurttas5830]

Arapça kökenli insan sözcüğü yerine Orhun Yazıtlarında da olduğu gibi öz Türkçe KİŞİ sözcüğünü kullanmaya özen gösterelim. ( insanoğlu yerine KİŞİOĞLU )

[@mesutcinar60]

Hey people of the world, you are all Turks! - GENE D. MATLOCK

[@khaitsae]

Interesting, the first Gokturk's Empress was a Chinese Princess. So, the Gokturks have lineage to Chinese royalty. The descendants of Gokturks eventually ruled over one of the worlds largest empires in Western Asia for over 600 years, the Ottoman Empire.

[@JingLi-pw3du]

Wait, You mean Ottoman is the descendant of Gokturk? How does this theory come from? Which ancient source record this?

[@khaitsae]

@@JingLi-pw3du In the historical drama series of the origin of Ottoman Empire, the Turks talked about where their ancestors originated from (Oghuz-Gokturk). Before the Ottoman Empire, you also have the Seljuks Empire. Its rulers are of the same ancestral origin.

[@JingLi-pw3du]

@@khaitsae I mean which ancient book talked about this. Ok I see Ottoman claimed their ancestors are Oghuz. But I wonder which ancient book claimed Oghuz are the descendant of Gokturks? I think sharing a common name "Turk" cannot be considered as evidence that Oghuz is descended from the Gokturk. For example, Holy Roman Empire also called themselves Rome but they are definitely not the descendant of ancient Roman Empire.

[@Aslanmehmet07]

Khan hunlarıda yaparmisin oda bir türk devleti

[@umhvdfjkczxcgjdryjndfjobff]

I read about Wusun and was struck by resemblance of Ashina. It is true. Dna results in Bashkortostan found Wusun dna males. If u want i can send u the article Emre. They now live in Bashkortostan

[@KhansDen]

Sure, I’d love to read about it. Message me via Insta or email: [e-mail]

[@umhvdfjkczxcgjdryjndfjobff]

@KhansDen by the way they also found R1a z93 654 of Aryan dna which was from Bashkortostan. In Arzhan Kurgan the first scythian king was kyrgyz Kyrk Oguz R1a z93 2125 and then in 6th century bce they found Burial of Osman Gazi L654 R1a z93 and in 4th century Sarmatians Kumyk, Nogay, Karachay in Siberia in Enisei in Tuva. I will provide you with many information about Altayan Turks in Scandinavia. They found their dna there and even turkic shaman and even music. U will blow other people's mind by this revelations. I will provide them all

[@serkankinden5150]

​​@@umhvdfjkczxcgjdryjndfjobff Hi brother. I think R1a, R1b are mostly uralic-altaic, dene-caucasian as descendants of R* uyghurs (and their ancestors P1 altai, tuva, soyot). P1, R1a, R1b haplogroups are most widespread ydna between turkic people as altai, tuva, shor, teleut have 70-80%, central asian turks have 30-60%, turkey, azerbaijan turks have 25%. (open source wikipedia info) Moreover, C1, C2, C3, D1, D2, D3, N1, N2, N3, O1, O2, O3, P, P1, Q1a, Q1b, R, R1a, R1b, R2 are southeast, east and northeast asian relative haplogroups. If we unite uralic-altaic, dene-caucasian people, we can see their southeast, east and northeast asian originated haplogroups as: C3 mongolic, tungusic, D1, D2 tibetan, burman, O1, O2 sinitic, chinese, D3, O3 koreanic, japonic, N2, N3 uralic, finnic, samoyedic, P1 altai, tuva, soyot turkic, Q1a ket, yeniseian, Q1b nadene/atabasq, native american, R uyghur turkic, R1a, R1b turkic (oghuz, karluk, kipchak), ugric (hungarian), burushaski hunza, elamite-sumerian, north caucasian (avar andic, lezgic), tyrrhenian (etruscan, raetic, lemnian), vasconic (aquitan, basq), R2 dravidian... Moreover, A-X, B, C-Z, D, E, F, G, I-W, Y, N mtdna are uralic-altaic, dene-caucasian mtdna maternal haplogroups. Altaians have 70-80%, central asian turks have 30-50%, turkey, azerbaijan turks have 25%. I mean R1a, R1b are mostly uralic-altaic, dene-caucasian haplogroups, not indoeuropean haplogroups originally.

[@bythemoonlight]

​@@umhvdfjkczxcgjdryjndfjobff wusunların hindi konuştukları zayıf bir hipotezdir. tıpkı iskit/sakaların hindi dil konuştukları tezleri gibi. wusunlar hunların boyundurluğunda yaşamışlardır. kurt kültü ilk eklemeli dil kullanan etrusklerde görülmüştür. sonra asimile olmuşlardır. zaten günümüzde ve tarihte hindi dil konuşan ulusların yüzde doksan beşi asimilasyon sonucu bu dile geçmişlerdir. ve herhangi bir dna dizilimi, örneğin senin de söylediğin R1a z93 654, sadece R1a z93 654 dir. bu dna ya sahip insanlar bu dna dizilimi ile adlandırılmalıdır. ulus isimleriyle değil. ırk ayrıdır, ulus ayrıdır. bir dna yapısını tur, aryan vs isimleriyle sıfatlandırmak yanlıştır. tarih biliminin yaptığı en büyük yanlış budur. hele ki sarışın mavi gözlü genetiğe sahip insanları; "dünyanın en çok asimile eden dil grubunun" kayıtlı ilk konuşanlarının ismiyle anmak tarihsel bir saçmalıktır. çünkü bu aryan denilen uluslar "teorisel" değil, bilimsel (ve biraz da ironik) olarak esmer-kara hint-çingenelerdir.

[@japsadev]

Bro you're made so fuckin cool videos

[@sersipahi]

Emeğe saygı...

[@arikanmetselfactori]

masallah

[@arikanmetselfactori]

nice one❤🇹🇷❤️🇹🇷❤️❤️🇹🇷❤️

[@nole8923]

So Kut is The Force like in Star Wars.

[@EzraBenKhazar]

how exciting! interesting how the Israelites in the Bible have the Torah and the Turks have the Tore. We appreciate you Khans Den

[@umhvdfjkczxcgjdryjndfjobff]

Coz Israelis are Turks who left Arkaim in Ural mountains. Jeti Oguz in Kyrgyzstan is about 7 Oxe our fathers who we counted to avoid incest. 7 bulls in Bible let alone that Osman Sultan and Nethanyahu and me share the same dna haplogroup R1a z93. By the way Ash Kenazi means As Kenes Aslan Council lions council. Our Totems were Lions. In the council it is Keneste in other words Knesset. ARYS ARS AS ARYSLAN ARSLAN ASLAN MEANS LION AND SON OF LION

[@EzraBenKhazar]

@@umhvdfjkczxcgjdryjndfjobff fascinating I am R1a as well not z93 though. According to Khazar tradition Jews came and dwelled with the Turks long long ago

[@umhvdfjkczxcgjdryjndfjobff]

@EzraBenKhazar WUsuna Kagans were in charge and there were some Kyrgyz too in Kazar. Kagan Bek Manasia did a coup detat and then was fighting with Arab khalifat. His son Barsbik invaded khalifat's land which is modern day Azerbaijan and lost the war. The only Turkic Kagan who opposed to Asena clan Wusun was Kyrgyz Kagan Barsbek who lived in Sayan mountains. U must have heard of it coz The Khazar ruler Barsbik was from Zion mountains as well in Siberia

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

​@@umhvdfjkczxcgjdryjndfjobffAre you talking about the Khazars?

[@umhvdfjkczxcgjdryjndfjobff]

@user-cg2tw8pw7j Ashina are Wusun who came into contact with Tele people who call like us trucks as Togorok/ Tugarak which means truck the very same Tiele and when we say he is Tiele we say "A Tiele/ O Tiele" hence Atila. Their Wusun dna males are found among BashKorts also known as Massagettaes and Visigoths. Check out Croats from Croatia. Some Croatians R1a z93 and the rest are Slavic just like Bulgars lead by Dulo clan which is a butchered meaning of Tiele ruled over Slavic people who used to be known as Vandals: Russians Serbians Polish and etc. Barsbik was a Khazar kagan's son. They were Kyrgyz from Sayan mountains and dethroned Ashina Wusun in Khazaria and that's where you get Zion which is Sayan mountains and the only Kagan who resided in Sayan mountains with the name Barsbek was the Kyrgyz Aga Khan Aka Khan which means Kagan. It is a compound word.

[@aborjinovski6127]

hey where is Ulgen ? at mith explanation

[@KhansDen]

You are correct, Ülgen is also there - but not during the era of the Göktürks. I only mentioned all deities of which we know were worshiped/recognized by the Gök Türks themselves. Ülgen first appears among Turkic groups much later. At lest, he was never mentioned by the Altai/Orchon Turks during the 6th to 8th centuries.

[@aborjinovski6127]

@@KhansDen but you explained erlik Ülgen is opposite of erlik or am I mistaken?

[@aborjinovski6127]

@@KhansDen Also one more question is enlil Ülgen and enki is erlik ? Is that correct

[@KhansDen]

@@aborjinovski6127 No you are correct, it was mentioned in another video. However, Ülgen only appears later. For example, the Altai Turks, the Yakuts and Tatars already recognized Erlik. Then, they added Ülgen as his counter part and to show that the good would always succeed against the evil, they made Erlik Ülgen's rival and enemy. It's a bit confusing, I admit.

[@aborjinovski6127]

@@KhansDen so they dont represent Enlil and enki ?

[@gianky343]

Why does this series never mention the Khazars Kaghanate? The Khazars were also (western) Göktürks

[@KhansDen]

It does not mention the Khazar Khaganate because the Khazar Khaganate developed after the Göktürks. We go chronologically here. Thus, tt will be mentioned in Episode 5 of this series. Until then, feel free to check out a documentary precisely about the Khazars featuring Prof. Golden: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpPEXpmMhJytrrc

[@astridliliencron]

For the algorithm

[@khanimran7465]

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