The Gokturks: History, Culture and Legacy of the First Turkic Empire

The book is out now! www.amazon.com/dp/B09XZ2SZ6F
Homeland. Folk. Nation. What meaning do these terms have in our present day?
In some countries, they seem like relics of ancient times. But in others, they are ubiquitous in politics and society. One of these countries is Turkey. The reason for this is rooted in its past. Like any great civilization, the history of the early Turks began small and unremarkable. They had to fight for freedom before they even became visible on the world stage as a united ethnic group. But their origins do not lie in Anatolia, which they have inhabited for a millennium, but deep in the heart of Asia. They should go down in the history books as the founders of Turkic identity...
It all began with a tribe that has long been forgotten: the Ashina. This clan of either Hunnic or Wusun origin consisted of people who had fled from an invasion of Chinese armies, and had to rebuild their home in the Altay Mountains. Their story is also the reason for the emigration of the Turks from Central Asia to Europe and the Middle East. Soon the Ashina mingled with the surrounding Turkic tribes. In the process, they learned metallurgy and the art of war, and planned their retaliation. But they remained vassals of more powerful empires.
Two brothers, politically educated and militarily experienced, took over the leadership of the tribe and started a revolution. They rebelled against the Mongol and Chinese feudal lords of the time and led their family to political and economic independence for the first time in generations. In doing so, they mobilized that strength that had always lain dormant deep in the steppe, leading women and men alike into battle. A distinctive feature of the Ashina was that, although they themselves were of mixed ethnic origin, they explicitly cultivated the Turkic language and traditions.
In a very short time, they also broke the chains of all other tribes that spoke what is known today as the Common Turkic language, and expanded in all directions as the Turks' new leaders. Within a few years, long before the Ottomans and Seljuks, the Ashina created a Turkic empire - the Khaganate - that stretched from Korea and Manchuria in Asia to the Crimean Peninsula in Europe. Their empire became even larger than that of the Ottomans a millennium later. They gave themselves the name "Turk". For the first time in history, a state was inhabited as well as ruled by Turks.
But these new lords of the steppe were different from the Huns before and the Mongols after them. The Göktürks were not only hospitable, but also extremely tolerant towards other cultures. Their rulers invoked ancient Turkic traditions and Tengrism, the original religion and life philosophy of the Turkic peoples, and did not stop at the usual borders of the Eurasian steppe. Byzantines, Persians, Koreans and Chinese had to deal with young and eager warriors who used both military power and diplomatic skills. This is their rise to power.
With the addition of the latest historical and archaeological research results and after evaluation of ancient sources, the history of these "heavenly Turks" ("Gök" stands for "heaven" in Turkic) is now told in detail for the first time in English
Lastly, this documentary has been produced for all those who are interested in the origin of the Turks, but also in the history of the steppe nomads of Asia before the Mongols; for those who are interested in Tengrism; and finally for all people who are concerned with the question of what "homeland" really means.
Here are the sources I used for the video:
docs.google.com/document/d/1G...
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[@KhansDen]

​UPDATE: Due to the influx of many new viewers, I'd like to point out that this movie is one of my older videos, narrated by an AI. If you want to learn more about the Turks, but with higher audiovisual quality, I recommend this playlist about historical Turkic states. So far, we have covered large parts of history from 200 BC to 960 AD: kzbin.info/aero/PLwKhQU4HnrxbcijrVT7MJex322ZYMUIUY Want to know that happened next? The follow-up about Bilge Khan and the Second Göktürk Empire is now live! ---> kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJu3iXl6jb5_p68 Want to read the extended version in form of a book I released in 2022? Then look no further: Buy it directly from me (digital): www.thekhansden.com/shop/p/the-gokturks-origins-religion-and-rapid-rise-of-the-first-turkic-empire Or order the print copy from Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B09XZ2SZ6F If you liked this video, consider leaving a like and supporting me via Patreon. ---> www.patreon.com/thekhansden Here are the other versions and the follow-up episode: Turkish: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqi3qWuih9CXnas German: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJqXqHh5Yr50gpo Spanish: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5aznax8fq2WacU French: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5y9YZ-mes2Zbc0 Japanese: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXLFi5t8gpZ2q7M Hungarian: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioLWmqWBhLuUfZY ------------- Disclaimer: Due to time constraints - and me losing the .aep file - the map animations are still in German. You should, however, still understand everything that's going on. Further comments: As I mentioned in the film, this is not about genetics. It is common knowledge today that the inhabitants of the Republic of Turkey are genetically very mixed. The influence of immigrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus is measurable, but to a greater or lesser extent, depending on the study. And as a student of history, I don't want to presume, unlike some other KZbinrs, to analyze such incredibly complex genetic studies myself. There is also no need for anyone to speak of a "great Turkish race" here. Turkish is defined - at least it was in the past - NOT by ancestry, but by faith, language and tradition. Before someone wants to denounce this here, it should therefore be mentioned that the exaltation of one's own culture did not exist, for example, among the Göktürks. Of course, the Turks were proud of themselves and their achievements. But they always remained open to other cultures, to other religions even. That's why I mentioned the term hospitality and explained Tengrism in detail, it was an allusion to that fact. The fact that people who share the same culture are sympathetic to each other and want to get together is self-explanatory. On the other hand, I would not click on a video about the history of Germanic tribes in antiquity, and tell the Germans watching in the that they are not 100% descended from the Germanic. Nobody descends 100% from any folk, any tribe. There has always been mixing among cultures, almost everywhere. In making this documentary, I was concerned with a completely different question: where does Turkish come from in the first place? Where do the traditions come from? The national spirit of the Turks did not come into being only yesterday, nor a hundred years ago with the founding of the republic. But it is closely linked to the identity of defining oneself as a Turk. When Atatürk introduced the saying "He is happy who can call himself a Turk!", he did not invent the idea behind it. This idea was already there before and "brought to life" again. Of course, there are many overlaps between the Turks of Anatolia and the surrounding peoples. However, some elementary cultural items are of distinct Turkic Asian origin. Not everything can be explained by the adoption of local cultures in "pre-Turkish" Anatolia or the adoption of Islam. There is no need to argue now whether the Greeks or Turks invented some certain type of cheese or bewerage. These are trifles that completely ignore the important questions of world history. In any case, the question of how Turkish culture developed - and especially why it gradually "migrated" to Anatolia - drove me to do some research. And after years of self-study, this film came into being. Of course, the story of the Gök Turks is also very exciting on its own, and unfortunately is told far too rarely in any type of media. But after their downfall, in the year 630, their story went even further. That's when the migratory movements by Turkic tribes westward really began. And even if the common theme may seem rather thin at first, it is clearly visible with the arrival of the Seljuks in Anatolia in the 11th century. One thing led to another. The Turkic peoples fought and migrated. They settled, then were attacked or attacked others themselves, and migrated again. It was partly a never-ending state of war that had begun after the fall of the Göktürks, which lead to the formation of the Oguz. The Oguz tribes then settled in Anatolia and founded the dozens of Turkish beyliks, one of these being the famous Ottomans. These many wars gave rise to a kind of "national spirit" over the centuries, long before the emergence of European nation-states from the 18th century onwards. It would be certainly interesting for people who are not of Turkish origin to understand why. You have to start somewhere, so I chose the Göktürks as a starting point. Ruling dynasties that spoke Common Turkic and believed in Tengri existed prior to the Ashina, sure. But firstly, in 552, the term Turk first became visible in world politics, and secondly, as a designation for a particular ethnic group, it was solidified for all times despite any cultural fluctuations. Further notes: 1. the sources and literature used can be found in the Google document, the link to it is in the description. This document is like a Word file on the PC, but everyone can look at it for free on the Internet. If you have any questions, please write a comment there or email me via [e-mail]. 2. this movie is based on a book I am writing. It will cover the years 545 to 630 of Turkic history and will explain everything in much more detail than I could have done within 90 minutes on KZbin. 3. I apologize for the presentation of the maps, I am not an expert in animation. 4. the last chapter was added at the VERY last minute. Therefore, the quality is not as high as at the beginning of the film. 5. tengrism was of course the religion of the ancient Asian Huns of Teoman and Maotun, the Huns of Attila and also the Mongols of Genghis Khan. But it was the Göktürks who first appeared in Europe and the Middle East as rulers "appointed by Tengri". In this respect, they played an important part in the rise of Tengrism from a rather polytheistic faith to a monotheistic religion with a claim to dominate the world. Genghis Khan built his rule on it 700 years later. Incidentally, the Mongols literally built their capital exactly at the same place from where the Göktürks had once ruled: Ötüken. 6. You may have noticed that I have used exciting music, cool action scenes in some scenes of the documentary. Well... who would watch a 90-minute doc about Julius Caesar without any action, without any sort of suspense, without real direction on the part of the producers? Probably only hardcore history nerds and enthusiasts. But since I want to address all people with this video, including those who are unfamiliar with Turkic history, this decision had to be made. 7. This film is the first part of a trilogy. Currently I am working on the translations (Turkish, French, Japanese...) of part 1 and on the script for part 2. Connoisseurs of Turkic history know what comes next....

[@DidemYufkayurek]

Thank you for all your efforts . Though I would very much appreciate of using Türkiye not Turkey, and Turkish not Turkic as recently accepted at international platforms. Thank you for your understanding.

[@BoabyGeorge]

loving the final fantasy 7 background music my bro

[@janetmcneal8935]

Wawzwwwww

[@eriksonyw]

@55:13 The tomb along with the golden seal of Ashina is actually found in Xiaoling Mausoleum of Emperor Wu in Dizhang Township, Weicheng District, Xianyang City in Shaanxi Province, not the "East Turkistan" region of Xinjiang Province. Very good video production anyway. Thank you for making it.

[@BOIOLA08]

Exceptional documentary. As a contribution I would like to call your atention to 23:52 where it should be Tomb of Taebang not Toumb of Taebang.

[@arkinazimet4123]

I'm from Altay! I'm from Tengri Tagh ! kissed the land of Taklimakan dessert, swim in the Tarim basin./ I'm Uyghur! and i got my tear in my eyes by watching this video. long live all my Turk brothers and sisters .

[@mutton9622]

So, you guys have internet in concentration camps?

[@bamsbeyrek4939]

Şu an neredesiniz?

[@burstfireno1617]

Selam kardasim 🌹

[@AbdullahKhan-dw8nm]

I am uzbek from Afghanistan, we are over 10 million population in northern Afghanistan, from Badakshan to Herat Alhamdullillah

[@kayraatahan9879]

@@mutton9622 ??????

[@sprintingwolf3860]

I’m Native American and my ancient ancestors are altay, proud to be a descendent of the turkic people!

[@gokturksempireturkisharmy8322]

Evet bu doğru kızılderililerin şaman geleneksel orta asya ile aynı biz Altay haklıyız siz daha sonra Amerika'ya göç yaptınız

[@evenki6687]

Hı brother...salute the nation of lokata..sioux navajo...and others

[@Ersen_abiniz]

l don't know if you are a male or female? İf you are a Man would you tell as your halogrup? We love native american turcic people.

[@sprintingwolf3860]

@@Ersen_abiniz sorry, I don’t know what haplogroup I’m from. I just know what tribe I’m from. How do I find out my haplogroup?

[@Tubulce]

@@sprintingwolf3860 You can serch about your people's haplogroup, and then when you learn what haplogroup you belong to, search about the area they come from.

[@Ash_tommo]

Yashasin türk dünyasi Özbekistandan salamlar bolsun 🇹🇲🇺🇿🇹🇷🇰🇬🇰🇿🇦🇿🐺

[@user-eu7cl9ll1b]

Разве в Турции Тюрки живут ?

[@olzhasibraev6186]

Hello from Kazakhstan. I am a Kazakh Turk🤘✊💪 Thank you

[@toniomalley5661]

I have always wanted to see your beautiful country regards from Ireland

[@AlisherTurkiston]

Hello. I am Uzbek Turk

[@cortexz2k584]

Selam brother ım from anatolian Turk ı love kazakhstan we are brothers

[@olzhasibraev6186]

@@toniomalley5661 Thank You Irish Brother and Welcome to Kazakhstan 🙂

[@olzhasibraev6186]

@@AlisherTurkiston Hello my Uzbek brother ))

[@williamniggle7382]

As a Chinese, I’ve been fascinated by the intricate relations between China and Turk in the history. What China did to weaken Turks who were a powerful northern neighbour at the time in the Tang dynasty (618~907), was recorded especially in the Sui dynasty (581~618) official history. It would be quite amusing to read details in regard to how success that the Chinese boasted using “divide and rule” in Turks. Ends justify means. The rest is history. The Turks, warriors on the steppe, suddenly disappeared from the Chinese history just like the Huns. Then the Turks were a a small part of Mongolian army as iron-smith. Finally the Turks created an Ottoman empire in Anatolia in their own. What a magnificent story! The phoenix reborn from ashes. This document is the best about Gokturks in Yourtube.

[@ILYAS-7]

You are probably not very familiar with the history of the Turkic peoples. The Turks did not disappear anywhere as you say, on the contrary, the Turks actively ruled over most of Eurasia for almost thousands of years until 1800-1900 The Turks led by Attila were defeated by the army of the Roman Empire and their descendants are considered today's Hungary. The Turks created the Khazar Kaganate, the Bulgar Kaganate, the Avar Kaganate, the Uyghur Kaganate, and the Karluk Kaganate. The Turks created the Ghaznavid Empire, the Karakhanid states, and the Seljuk Empire, which defeated the Byzantine Empire. The Turks created the Khorezmshah Empire. The last Khorezmshah Sultan Jalal ad Din stubbornly resisted the Mongol invasion. The Cuman Turks actively fought against the Mongols. The Mamluk state, led by the Turk Sayfutdin Kutuz, who was from the Khorezmshah family, was finally defeated by the Mongol army in the Battle of Ainjalut. The Ottoman Turks created the Ottoman Empire, and other Turks led by Amir Temur (Tamerlane) created the Timurid Empire. The Turks created the Safavid state, a Turk one of the descendants of Tamerlane named Muhammad Babur on the territory of Pakistan, India created the Baburid Empire (Mughal Empire) and ruled over India and Pakistan for 332 years before the English conquest) Crimean Khanate, Kazan Khanate, states of the Nomadic UzbeksBukhara Khanate,In the 19th century in Central Asia, the Uzbek Turks had three states: the Kokand Khanate, the Bukhara Emirate, the Khiva Khanate, which Tsarist Russia occupied and from the three former Uzbek states they drew five republics that now exist and Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan isTurkic state. The Turks also ruled over Afghanistan for 700-800 years.

[@KheglenAnn]

All my gratitude for this great documentary. I was born askhenazy jewish but within my heart I felt at early age that this was not my people. When I learned about the Khazars and how they converted to judaism and that their original religion was Tengriism, I began to search about my origins. I found a photo of my grand-grand father who looks like a central asian person, with slanting eyes and large cheeks. I also found the Ashina clan as others Turks did. When I talked about these origins to my family or other jews they became angry. I asked what made them so angry, because as for me, I find my ancestors gods and godesses beautiful to worship because they are Earth related. Today, I continue to pray to kök Tengri every day and I do my best to not harm any being. Thank you very very much for your beautiful work on our ancestors.

[@KhansDen]

Hello Ann. It is truly wonderful to read such sentences. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for this interesting insight! I hope that one day, the "truth" does come out. I don't mean this in a conspiracy-kind of way. But there are many aspects with regards to the Turkic-Jewish relations and the Khazars, that it always bothered me how little attention these topics recieved by historians worldwide. There is more in play than just genetics, though. Thus, this documentary was made. It may not be much, but it's a first step. Now, it is unfortunate that your family reacted this way, but all the more great that you kept your path! May Tengri and Umay bless you and give you fortune and eternal life.

[@erkuttimur]

What made your anchestor jewish was the policits of the medivel times, what made my anceshtor muslim was the political reasons indeed. Rest of all our achestors were the same. Speaking the same language and following the tengrims rules. At leas i'm so glad for you that you've found out about your cultural and genetical heritage. Greetings from Turkey. All the best for you. Erkut CANTİMUR

[@robertomassa731]

Askenazi Jews are not the biblical Israelites. Israelites are from Sem and the Middle East. Askenaz is from Yaphet and Central Asia. Many Turkic tribes converted to Biblical and Koranic monotheism when they settled in urban and agricoltural societies, kingdoms and empires. Some Mongols did the same. Magyars and Bulgars became Christians when they settled in Europe and mixed with Slavic tribes. Many Oghuz Turkic tribes became Muslim because they stayed in Central Asia, Western Asia and South Asia where the Arabs where expanding and conquering. For the Khazars is the same, when they settled in East Europe they choose the religion of the Jews to be neutral, because they where between Christianity and Islam, so they dicided to adopt that religion to be outside that conflict and keep their central position in the trading routes between East-West and North-South. Later when the Khazar Khaganate disappeared they mixed with Slavic and Germanic peoples and kept the Jewish faith and through centuries they became Askenazi Jews which means German or European Jews. Ashina-Askenaz. PEACE.

[@eho6380]

And where are your ancestors from exactly, since Ashkenazi's have according to genetic studies 70% Middle-Eastern ancestry and 30% European ancestry? The Khazars were largely absorbed by the Slavic Ukrainians.

[@gozdea5548]

Hey Ann, I am Turkish and I had these gene test I learned that I am 10% Ashkenaz Jew from mother side. The more I learned about Khazars, it started to make sense :)

[@kuarko34]

"How happy is the one who says I am a Turk" - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

[@hashir4871]

Salam I'am chagatay barlasid(mughal) turk from india.

[@hasancan.5756]

Barlas?

[@loonadom8590]

❤❤

[@subhanPasha426]

Assalamualaikum bro Where r u from in India 😊 Becoz I also Mughal Turk from India 🇮🇳

[@lifeisshort99]

The relationship between Turkey and Goguryeo has emerged in history. Between the Korean people and the Turks, there is a historical affinity that skips over 1,500 years. Turkey and Korea are located at both ends of the Asian continent, but the Turks, the roots of Turkey, and the Goguryeo, our roots, were neighbors.

[@meralkeskin8511]

We are Oguz tribe. Gökturk is close to Kazak, Kırghız. Oguz tribe and Gökturk fought each other. Gökturk destroyed and we established Oguz state. We islamized and imirgated to midlee east later. We mixed with persian and roman people.. Seljuky dynasty changed everythink. Seljuky came from Kazakhistan...Gökturk is Kıpchak turk.. Oguz turk rebelious..

[@hackermeteo]

@@meralkeskin8511 every turkic tribe, including oghuz originated from altai region, north of china. Turks migrated west, to modern turkmenistan. Oghuz turks were mentioned in Orkhon inscriptions.

[@serdaraz1108]

I have Seen a video. Turkish Tv was by a korean historian and he Show a old document, he says, Thats the turks and koreans are Same blood. I can send you link by intrests. Greetings

[@hackermeteo]

@@yo2trader539 This guy thinks anatolian Turkish people has nothing to do with gokturks because we are a different tribe of turks. Which is totally wrong. Anatolian Turkish people are different because we are mixed. Not because we are another tribe.

[@hasancan.5756]

@@hackermeteo Siz melezsiniz biz değil.

[@Ezekiel903]

as Italian i was always fascinated from the Turkey origin. Beautiful video, i never thought that they origin are so far from Turkey, geographically! I will travel more through turkey, especially eastern side towards Turkmenistan when the political situation gets better

[@oghuzkhan5117]

The Etruscan are also Turks. The Etruscan migrated to Italy. Look it up :) We are more related then you think

[@maximus3160]

@@oghuzkhan5117 Absolute nonsense

[@oghuzkhan5117]

@@maximus3160 No its the truth. But your small brain can not comprehend it because you think Turks are only muslims.

[@ramazandemir8780]

@@oghuzkhan5117 probably not. Yes,Turks called Etruk in latin based languages but this doesnt tells the story of Etruscs.They were probably non indo-european tribe that lived along the northern italy.

[@ramazandemir8780]

@علي ياسر iranians ARE indo-european tho

[@yakhyobekmamadaliyev6315]

I am KARLUK Turk🐺🐺🐺 as An uzbek from uzbekistan

[@hasancan.5756]

Karluks is not Uzbek. Uzbek is fake name.

[@yakhyobekmamadaliyev6315]

@@hasancan.5756 take it easy bro. I am KARLUK. I am UZBEK

[@hasancan.5756]

@@yakhyobekmamadaliyev6315 I am hundreds of kilometers away from you. It doesn't matter to me whether you call yourself Uyghur, Uzbek or Karluk. But I am a Muslim, I want to write that they lied to you. If you're a realist, please listen. If you want to know the truth, you have to look at the ancient Chinese sources. Unlike other Turks, the 3 big tribes of the Turks were hanging their bow bags on their waist belts. These 3 tribes are called su: Ta-shih-li, Mou-lou, Chih-ssu. These are the 3 Turkic tribes that make up the Karluks. So what does Karluk mean, the room is Chinese and is written in ancient Chinese sources. Karluks are registered as Hu-lo-lou. In other words, the Chinese called these three tribes Karluk, that is, Hu-lo-lou. I'm very sorry, the Uzbek name is not found in the Chinese sources. They are lying to you.

[@yakhyobekmamadaliyev6315]

@@hasancan.5756 我不相信你。 骗子

[@shrektheintelllectual3615]

@@hasancan.5756 dude stop being toxic in the comments. Uzbeks and Uyghurs speak a turkic language from the Karluk branch they are definately the decendants of the karluk turks

[@gabor247]

Hello from Hungary 🇭🇺 (Magyarország)

[@waddahabdo7273]

الشعب المجري عانى جداً مع الاتراك!!

[@parlartengri9428]

My father's family who imigrated to Turkey from Hungary , i am the second generation of Hun Turk who born and raised in Turkey . Turks in Turkey loves their Hungarian brothers and sisters.

[@yutupman]

hello borther from Turkey

[@turkmagidoo2732]

Hello mate. We turks founded ottoman empire yet we made no decision such as invading hungary. Ottoman Empire was multi ethnic. The Turks become infantry and peaents through centuries.

[@iskambillordu]

we call hungary as Macaristan in turkey

[@MilleniumBK]

Greetings from Bulgaria! I'm glad that Bulgarians was a part from Göktürk Empire. Bulgarian state had official religion Tengrism. We have also name Assen that arrived from wolf Assena and was one of Royal Bulgar families that was had connections with the Cummans. For first time I heard so good explanation! Thanks! Very interesting video!

[@cooljerk4362]

the Avars were present at buda when rome built their forts on the south and west of the danube ..correct me if im mistaken,,,,

[@MilleniumBK]

@@cooljerk4362 Yes, but they don't create a stable state. They only made rides in Europe. We create a stable state with institutions and regular army and proclaimed state religion - Tengrism. According the lexicon Suidas Avar Khaganat was conquered and included in the Bulgarian state under Khan Krum (IX sentury)

[@MilleniumBK]

@@cooljerk4362 Ok. I agree to say on of the first. Avars and Bulgars was relatives.

[@johanqian1858]

I really do not understand why you are proud to be conquered by foreign nation， Bulgarian are different ethic with the old gokturk people which are similar to xiongnu(east huns) which are Mongolian ethnics

[@terrybogars8933]

Is the bulgarian public aware of their turkish origins

[@Elxat830]

Proud to be a Uyghur-Turk

[@bamsbeyrek4939]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ronalddunne3413]

Proud to be descended from slayers of Turks!

[@generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895]

Well, stick up for your people in china

[@G1.M6.G4]

@@generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895no histoey a*merican puppet

[@NoMadMediaProductions]

Hands down one of the best articulate and in depth narrations of Gokturk history on KZbin.

[@conorkelly947]

Pretty articulate for a robot alright

[@lumikkihusu7259]

Still, it's great to have this material available in English.

[@charvaka9526]

@@conorkelly947 Yes. But what is "inhospitable speed?"

[@darrenpellichino2923]

This documentary taught me a ton of things about who and what it is to be Turkish. It's an amazing culture that has put it's stamp on so many different peoples. It's like a set of traditions that create a successful mind set.

[@TheCossak]

I am so happy to have found this channel. I am fascinated by the Turkish people and love to learn more about them. Thank you.

[@Eren-fo1yo]

Thank you for this priceless work! I appreciated you. It was one of the most sensational documentries I have ever watched in my whole life! The Khagans of the Göktürks were incontestably wise. Your great efforts must be granted an award. In attempt to spread knowledge about Göktürks, we have to put great effort like you. This video makes me proud of my nation. Greetings from Balkan/Caucasian Turkmen. Tengri unite us again!

[@user-nx8ri5jj3p]

Чингисхан и з тюрков. Монгол нации нет. Есть монгольские племена, монгольские народности. Например тюркские народности, их же множества. Так же и монгольские народности и племена много. Данное время буряты, халха мы знаем они из монгольских народностей. Ещё есть из монгольских народностей.. Племена монгольские я не знаю.

[@oguzhan7869]

Greetings from Turkmenistan Turkmen!

[@heyamabaza6235]

👍🌹

[@roomboy2587]

In Kazakhstan,we still call our god as a Tanir(Tengri) which for us means Allah.We are muslims but we have still many connections with Tengrianism

[@tunar619]

Kazakhstan is türk bro

[@ErolOzdemir]

In Turkish too: Tanrı.

[@bekzodismoilov281]

Yes in Uzbek it’s Tangri

[@turkturkic7015]

In Turkey they also still say Tanri (Tengri)

[@AbdurRehman-ss3pr]

He should be called Allah not tengri.

[@bingo737]

Very nice! Greetings from Serbia.

[@hazarhazara6704]

As a Hazara im really happy i found this video I recently did a DNA test and it gave me 46% Mongolian and rest central Asian

[@hasancan.5756]

The Hazaras used to be a branch of the Uighurs. The Prayrs were 9 tribes and the name of one of these tribes was Ko-sa. This letter K turned into the letter H over time. Hosa or Hosara, but some of the Haza are present in the Mongols.

[@zaboybagoi8636]

I heard you guys called yourselves "Azara" because there was no letter H in old Turkic.

[@hazarhazara6704]

@@zaboybagoi8636 Yes olders says Azara nowsays people says mostly Hazara

[@iskambillordu]

@@hasancan.5756 not uighurs. they were part of the 6 oghuzs that lived along the yenisei river.(not the 24 oghuzs that came up in 10th century. there were so much oghuz/r tribes in turkic world.)

[@hasancan.5756]

@@iskambillordu Hello. The meaning of the word Oghuz is still not fully resolved. Moreover, the Uyghurs have 10 tribes. One of the tribes is named Hu-wu-suu in Chinese documents. Perhaps this tribe founded the 24 Oghuzs. Because the Arab traveler mervezi says that the Turks are 12 tribes. Of these, 3 tribes are called Guz, 9 tribes are 9 Oghuz and Uyghurs. But that sentence there is very thought provoking. He says that instead of mixing with the Chinese, the Uyghurs are mixing with the Oghuzs. From here, we can think that the Uyghurs were compared to the Chinese by the Arab historians because of their squint.

[@okuzbasi22]

Oldukça detaylı ve özenli bir proje. Çok beğendiğim ve sizin diğer projelerinizi destekleyeceğim. Bu güzel işlerle devam edin lütfenn👌

[@KhansDen]

Desteğeniz için çok teşekkür ederim. :)

[@Surtur1x]

@@KhansDen Tengri daima bizimle

[@Surtur1x]

@@KhansDen ich kann leider nicht an der Umfrage teilnehmen ! Warum ?

[@okuzbasi22]

@@KhansDen :)

[@KhansDen]

@@Surtur1x Hey, die Umfrage war bereits zu dem Zeitpunkt geschlossen, nehme ich an. Bist du denn auch ein einem entsprechenden Video über den Tengrismus interessiert?

[@TheNightmareKeeper666]

Thank you for posting your sources! I find these to be really helpful! Not as many content creators seem to post their historical sources, so this is a breath of fresh air.

[@Tengrismkz]

Hello! Thanks for your job! I'm Erlan Espenbetov and I'm a teacher and researcher of old turkic runes and states from Kaganica center. As a Turkic runes Teacher I just tell you that the term Ashina didn't mean in Old Turkic monuments but it has only Chinese chronicles. Even Chinese and many others scientists states that Ashina is connected with the most ancient Turkic union- Wusun (Uysin) The term "Uysin" in Old Turkic languages has 2 meaning: 1) Union, Unity 2) a Code (look like Japanese Busido) 3) the Yassa code also descended from the Uysin Code At that time the Nomads who followed this code and believed Tengri could call themselves as Uysin Nearly all scientists states that Xiongnu (huns) and Wusuns are the one and the the same people. This is confirmed by common origin legends and culture in general. The Wusuns were the core of all turkic Nomadic Empires: - the first turkic Khaganate - the western turkic Khaganate - Turges Khaganate - Khazars - the Genghis khans Empire - The Golden Horde - Moghulistan - and then Kazakh, Kazan, Crimean, Uzbek, Noghay Khaganates The descendants of Wusuns still live among the modern nations such as Kazakhs, Noghays, Bashkirs, Kirghiz, Uzbek Karakalpak, Uyghurs, Tatars and they have the next clans: Sary uysin (Yellow Uysins also called Türges) Jalair Dulat Alban Suan Shapyrashty Ysty Oshaqty Qatagan Sirgeli Tabyn Karay Irekty Ramadan Unlar Bağanaly In generally they live in South-Eastern Kazakhstan (near Almaty city). If you would like to know more about Tengrism, turkic runes and tribes welcome to our page!

[@osiruss25]

Mongolia?

[@matintitipour9462]

As a Turkmen I Liked this video ❤️❤️ And thank you for sharing these about my ancestors 🙏🙏

[@gokturksempireturkisharmy8322]

Onlar bizim de atamız

[@tunamaghgherginn5960]

hats off to you for this wonderful project

[@ryanyi6753]

Ancient Turks(Torgwar) from the early Han( ~2nd century AD) days to early Tang(late 7th century~) days, were one of the most influential allies to Goguryeo. Whether it be mercenaries or reinforcements sent by the Khahan, the Turks kept various Chinese at bay until the Goguryeo finally succumbed to their demise in 668. But similar to Gok Turks, it was their internal strife that led them to be conquered by the Tangs. But 30 years later, Dae Jo Young, a Goguryeo general, founds Balhae which would go on for another 200 years before getting conquered by the Khitans. Even though Turkey is geographically far from Korea, the average Korean likes Turks much much more than their neighbors--the Chinese and Japanese^^

[@KhansDen]

Indeed. The history of Turkco-Korean relations is most interesting. It especially becomes tense during the Ashina family's service in the T'ang military against their former allies of Goguryeo. This will be one of the topics of the next film that is in production right now. So stay tuned :-)

[@lifeisshort99]

Any countries call their king Kahn are related. Old Koreans called their king Kahn. Mongos call Kahn and so did Turks. Chinese never called their King Kahn. Korean General worked for Tang invaded Afghanistan. Meaning ppl travel one end to others. Tang was also found by Dongyi ppl. Any ppl from central Asian countries can master Korean in a year. Current China is controlled by Southerner, Han tribe. Han tribe lived in south. They are changing history and making Altai history as theirs. Bull shit. From Turk to north east asia had Silk road and ppl travel freely by horse. Silk road wasnt belong to China. Chinese are making up story to justify their current territory. Peking never was Han tribe's capital. It was capital city of Dongyi people. Dongyi people are Mongos, Koreans,Huns, Japanese, and Manzulia. More than half of So call Chinese empires are Dongyi people. Most of Chinese history belong to Dongyi tribe. Around Peking there are so many artifacts from Gogurye. Name of town to mountain, sea Ports, Walls, tombs and castles carried Gogurye name and Currently Chinese govt has been changing names to make their own. Now they says Korea was part of their history. So they own the history of Korea is bullshit. Yes Korea had lots of relationships with China mostly Dongyi dynasty. Huns and Gogurye joined attacked Song dynasty. Many Dongyi countries joined and fought Han tribes dynasty and occupied China for thousands of years until recently by Han tribe. Last Chines empire was found by Koreans as well. Manzu should return to Korea. Japanese and Chines decided Chinese take over Manzu and Japanese take over Korea in 19 century. China should return Manzu to Korea. That is one of the reason Red China is helping North Korea to create internal friction in Korea.

[@ozgurege9872]

We love our Korean brothers too. That's why we came to the Korean War, NATO was just the reason !!!

[@BrotherGamingTR]

@@user-rn6nb2ey7e Whole turkish history is joke to u ? Check middle eastern history and culture and see how they are different than other ppl in middle east and how they become main descendents of anatolian ppl.

[@dearcoolz]

@@lifeisshort99 Your Koreans ancestors came from yellow river han Chinese immigrants **All eight individuals are from the Korean Three Kingdoms period** (4th-7th century CE), during which there is archaeological evidence of extensive trade connections with both northern (modern-day China) and eastern (modern-day Japan) kingdoms. **All genomes are best modeled as an admixture between a northern-Chinese Iron Age genetic source** and a Japanese-Jomon-related ancestry Overall, the **Korea-TK_1 and Korea-TK_2 individuals have a genomic composition that closely resembles Yellow River Bronze** and Iron Age individuals and Bronze Age Liao River populations. the **TK period Korean population shared affinities with eastern Chinese populations. When compared to various present-day Asian populations, present-day Koreans and Han Chinese were the closest groups to Korea-TK_1 ** we observed once again that **Korea-TK_1 individuals were related to Bronze Age populations from the Liao and Yellow rivers in Northern China.**

[@karaaslan7402]

Oh... It's so good as a Turk being able to read all of what our ancestors had said to us from 1500 years ago... Never forget you culture, do not abandon your land, care your people, don't try to become anyone else like chinese, maybe you'll forget you roots but the enemy won't and you'll face with genocides in their hands... This happend before Gokturks and they wrote all of these on the stones for us... And this happaned after that many times... Bengü taş means "infinite stone" in Türkish.

[@rogerdodger8813]

The Problem is , is that if you are a Turk it's more than likely that these weren't your ancestors, more likely the Hittites. Turkey is a melting pot of ethnicities, only a small percentage would be able to trace ancestors to these people. Today Turk means being a national of Turkey, not an ethnic Turk. If you are a Turk national, your history is great but it's the ancient History of Anatolia.

[@KhansDen]

There is a difference however between direct lineage and identity. The Turk identity used to be like that of the Romans. Under certain circumstances, a anyone could become a member of the Turkic community, but not everyone. It is only in modern times that one’s identity is built sorely on their own direct ancestors, which is of course not wrong per se but does rob certain parts of national identity. I have actually made a video about how the direct ancestors of todays Turks are the Hittites, but that the culture has nothing to do with the Hittites at all. Think of it like the Americans. Sure, almost 99 Percent of Americans can not trace their lineage back to Native Americans but Europe, Africa or Asia. But they are still proud to be Americans and see themselves in the tradition of the state founding Americans of Washington, Jefferson etc. It was exactly like this during Antiquity and the Middle Ages for the Turkic people.

[@karaaslan7402]

@@rogerdodger8813 Bro look, I am an oghuz Turkic, and ancestors who did not have narrow eyes/asian look, was an important part of old Turkic armies and their culture. Gokturk's ashina tribe was living in Siberia, how do stupid people want them to look like Turkish people? You get what i mean? Our ancestors were Turgishler at that time but they were living in south Turkistan and these areas are like deserts if you go there. So my ancestors maybe did not have a siberian look like Khans of Gokturs but they fought against the chinese and I am proud of them for protecting Old Turkic culture for centuries! Otherwise I and my culture would not exist. And I don't care anybody's thoughts about my ancestors and the Turkic nation that they were a part of

[@karaaslan7402]

@@rogerdodger8813 Btw Turkey has different ethinicities in different regions. my Village was a Turkmen village. I have kurdish friend, i love them but our ancestors are different because they lived in different region. Hittites are ancestors of RUms, Greeks and Armenia s of anatolia. But bro, my region did not have these people. So do not think that everyone mixed in Ottoman empire. There wouldn't be 8 millions Greeks and 8 million of Turks in Ottomans when they collapsed if they did somehow mix. I don't say pure races exist, I just say İn Turkic nomadic regions, people were Turkic in Ottomans. But in istanbul you are right, they mixed, in Agean Sea, people mixed

[@karaaslan7402]

@@rogerdodger8813 Today turkish means national Turkey, Turkistan means the land of Turks. Look which people call their lands "Turkistan"

[@Lightofhaifa]

Thanks for this video. So good. I am Chinese from Shanghai. I believe we are all brothers. I am sure many Chinese bear ghe blood of our ancient steppe brothers.

[@bamsbeyrek4939]

Good job.Perfect👏

[@bekzodismoilov281]

Turklar sog bölsin qardoshlar omon bölsin 🇺🇿🐺🤘

[@gokturksempireturkisharmy8322]

Bizim atalarımız bir ben Anadolu Türkmen yörük um biz Anadolu Türkleri turkmendir

[@lg2389]

Peruvian brother here, but I know I have a past in the Altay. It is hard to explain, but I know this deep in.

[@Ersen_abiniz]

l am from Türkiye and l have Y DNA haplogroup Q like most native american. İnfact l have 8 SNP 's seen in Native american 👍

[@Medmuss]

Big respect to turks from an arab

[@cruisepaige]

Big respect to both of you from an American.

[@mutton9622]

You both poor as hell

[@iskambillordu]

@@mutton9622 poor in money,rich in lore

[@gokturksempireturkisharmy8322]

@@mutton9622 şan şeref açısından sizden kat kat zengin olan millettir Türkler siz orta çağda cadı avı yaparken biz Türkler ve İslam milletleri matematik ile meşguldü

[@necipcaglayan3722]

@@mutton9622 idiot jellos...

[@erlik420]

Tengri bizimle olsun. Harika bir belgesel. My Turkic brothers, may Tengri be with us all.

[@mina5142]

Tengri sizinle, Allah s.w.t bizimle olsun!

[@erlik420]

@@mina5142 umarım

[@fatihbilgin1075]

Size gore musluman turkler turk sayilirmi islama inadiklari icin.

[@Horusian]

@@fatihbilgin1075 Hayır.Sizin sadece inancınız islam değil.Kültürünüz ve mentaliteniz de islam. Gerçek Türkler müslüman olmayanlardır.

[@fatihbilgin1075]

@@Horusian Elhamdurullah bizim icin buyuk bir iltifatda bulundugun icin tesekkurler insallah Allahta bizim imanimizi kabul buyurur onun yolunda son nefesimizde Kelimiyeyi sahadet getirip ebedi olan ahiret yolculugumuza ogle baslariz. Allah sanada nasip eder insallah .

[@edwes66]

one of the most beautiful documentary Movie ive ever watch this channel needs an award 🏆

[@user-zj7nj5mo4c]

This is very long story, it is very nice. Thanks for everything. You're awesome

[@kongratbalasi]

Ben kongrat türkü olarak gurur duyuyorum yaşasın Turan yaşasın cümle Türkistan

[@mohammedshujauddin9491]

Good piece of work on a subject on which little have been written. Very substantial addition to my knowledge. Thanks

[@KhansDen]

Thank you, for watching! Glad you like it.

[@berkguler7241]

Helal olsun 💯 keep going kardesim 👍👍

[@usmansabir1407]

This is so damn good. We often read history but do not know what was happening at the same in the region right next to the area of study. This puts so many things in perspective. My salute to all who put it together.

[@KhansDen]

Thanks! I appreciate your comment very much, but suggest that you check out my newer videos. They notch up the quality by a lot.

[@usmansabir1407]

@@KhansDen I have been watching your additions regularly and indeed the quality has been on the rise. I am not Turk but your stuff is well researched, refreshed and captivating. Big fan here, Subscribing to the channel. If I may suggest, did some reading about Mongol rise and their interaction history with China, it would be great to see all pieces in a place with respect to multiple Gokturk rises and empires and what were Mongols doing then and how they fit in the picture, what was going on in China leading upto fragmentation of Turks into several states and then rise of Mongols. What happened afterwards and the rise of ottomans is well documented. But What I am referring to are the missing pieces and only you can fill them in. Just a suggestion and idea. Keep up the good work.

[@Kalvin5]

Nice doc man, I stayed interested the whole time, and rewound many times throughout. I learned a lot about pre-Genghis Khan Central Asian history. Thank you for making this because you have set us up for the Islamification of Persia and Central Asia.

[@amogus5570]

Bruh amazing video i hope you get the recognition you deserve for your hard work, like and subbed.

[@DomainofKnowlegdia]

@KhansDen I love learning about different ethnicities and different views and narratives and different religions good work.

[@cangologlu3912]

Very well made and educational. Thank you for your efforts, and I bestow on you extra internet points for providing a list of your sources (wish more so-called educational content creators did this as leisurely)

[@serkhan78]

Bir Turk oldugunu tahmin ederek Turkce yaziyorum , cok guzel isler cikartmissin !!!! Ne mutlu !

[@KayraR]

Göktürks are not the first Turkic empire, they are the first empire to use the Turkic name.

[@KhansDen]

Yes. But this was mentioned in the movie was it not?

[@adrianseguras.9659]

what an amazing docu. fascinating storytelling about a fascinating group of peoples. kudos.

[@GaryM-wt3qo]

VERY VERY GOOD HISTORY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT. I've been reading extensively for over 60 years on history, and this is the first time I've run across such GoTurk depth. Tells you how ethnic influenced the more recent empires have altered education & perceptions.

[@user-jx5pr3kz8o]

Қазақ елінен бір сәлем! Көк Тәңрі қорған болсын!

[@yusufyavuzzz]

Türkiyeden selam. tanrı sizi korusun!

[@Nigel_The_Crab]

Genuinely fascinating, insightful and great video. Thank you for sharing.

[@othmankhunai2166]

Many Pashtuns are also Khans . I was thinking that Khan is just a title used by the people of Central Asia . Listening to you, it seems that there is a Turk in Pashtun too . Because our tribe also came to Herat from Turkmenistan and moved to Kandahar and then to Paktia, and to Waziristan and occupied some other areas and now We are living here . Waziristan is our special stronghold, which means the homeland of Waziris . The name of our tribe is Waziri or Wazirkhunai and our tribe is divided into several tribes . In this my tribe is Othmankhunai , It means sons of Othman .

[@vasslander9602]

Look, I understand you Pakistanis want to belong to something. but THAT something is not the Turkic people. Even we among ourselves are vastly different, but held together by a single aspect that is language. I'm humbled by the Pakistanis love for us, and I feel the same way for your people. But please stop chasing this ghost story.

[@othmankhunai2166]

@@vasslander9602 Listen Dear Friend ! The first thing is that , I am not Pakistani , And secondly we are proud to be Pashtun . We are the Pashtuns who never bowed down to anyone . I just asked him the question , He Talk about Khan . The rest of us are not impressed by anyone . If a Sultan meets us , it is a pride for the Sultan , not for us . OK Dear

[@othmankhunai2166]

@@vasslander9602 And If there is any Khan left in the world then he is us , the people of the whole world call us Khan , whether he is Arab or British or Pakistani or Indian they all call us Khan . This person said about Khans that Khan is of Turkish descent, so I asked him , all Khans are of Turkish descent .

[@ygtur]

Khans of that region are the Hazaras, not Pashtuns. Of course there must be some Pashtuns who were originally Hazara descendants but even Hazaras themselves do not speak Turkic anymore. It's just a legacy now. Did you know, Turks fought by tooth and nail to protect todays Afghanistan/Pakistan region from Islam and pretty much achieved that until Persian muslims spread the religion more peacefully/philosophically over decades? It is insane even to think about, since now their grandchildren are hardcore Islamists and forgot who they were completely. That applies pretty much each Turkic group out there including us in Anatolia, we are different people now than those Turks. Some got assimilated into Christianity in the west, Judaism and obviously Islam. As the saying goes; "There is no other nation in the world who invents fairy tales as well as the Arabs, tells this tale as well as the Persians, and believes in this tale as much as the Turks." - Mirza Fetali Ahundov - Yes we didn't bow to anyone but ourselves my guy, just think about it.

[@othmankhunai2166]

@@ygtur What history have you read ? Turks are often slaves of Muslims on the land of Khorasan . Mahmood Ghaznavi was the son of a slave , and the governor who was purchased was himself slave and his name was Alptagin . Tughlaq was slaves , Just these two Turkish families have ruled Khurasan and Hind but they were slaves and became rulers and please check who supported them . And all the other empires that have passed were Pashtuns . And secondly , you said that only Hazara belonged to Khan . But the funny thing is that Hazara himself calls us Khan Sahib . We know that Hazaras belong to the Mongols but not to the Khans .

[@rakibalmahdi2401]

I love Turkic culture and history. This is the first documentary I have with detailed and unbiased research. Thank you

[@iskambillordu]

gokturk empire is so underrated. its like mongol empire but original one with turkic rulers.

[@gokturksempireturkisharmy8322]

Göktürk Türklerin varoluş devleti yoksa Türkler bu gün cinli olurdu

[@MsKilala]

Great doco thanks for sharing

[@mariolacic5458]

I m Croatian and we wage wars against Turks they almost oblitirate us but we prevail and i have noting but respect for Turks it is nice to watch history of this proud people Salam Alejkum from Catolic

[@Vanguard.1283]

Actually salam alaykum ar*bic words 😂🤡

[@eroktartonga4032]

Ellerinize sağlık. Gurur duyduk. Keşke eski Türk tarihi (bunun yanısıra sonraki devirlerdeki Anadolu Türk yaşantısı) hakkında yapılan çalışmalar; yerli ve ulusal, büyük yatırımcılar ve devlet büyüklerinden daha fazla ilgi görse. Tüm kültürel ayrıntılarıyla setler hazırlanıp bu gibi belgeseller için çekim yapılabilse. (Giyim, kuşam, zırhlar, sanat, gündelik araç gereçler ve gündelik yaşam...dolayısıyla Türk kültürünü hakkıyla yanısıtacak tüm ayrıntılar) Bunun yanında, Ön Türk tarihi de çok önemli. Umarım bir gün o devirler hakkında da ayrıntılı çalışma yapılır. TV dizilerinde sadece belirli bir dönemin hanedan çevresini ve devşirme saray çevresini gösteren ve Türk halkının günlük yaşantısına hiç değinmeyen yapımlar, genç nesillerin eğitimi için, bir hayli yetersiz kalıyor. Bu tür çalışmalar, kültür turizmi için de çok yaralı olurdu. Sağ olun, var olun. Esen kalın.

[@nikolaoskotsidis2056]

Yok para Yok ekmek..... Bay Bay tur turkie

[@eroktartonga4032]

​@@nikolaoskotsidis2056 Komşu, komşunun külüne muhtaçtır.

[@crissycrisa7438]

I'm sure you're familiar with the Ertugrul and Alp Arslan series and many more Turkish historical tv shows. So awesome!

[@lilopez4851]

Very interesting and informational video. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@arystanbeck914]

I love your film! My mother is from Altay, that is one of the most beautiful places on Earth! She is from Altay Republic in Russia, she is Kazakh of Naiman tribe. I just want to point out to a small error in you story. The mountain in Tyan-Shan is called Khan Tengri (Khan Tengre in Kazakh and Kyrgyz), not Tengri Khan. It is made of two words: 'khan' - blood and 'Tengri' - God. So literary it means Bloody God. It is called like that because it turns red at sun set. It looks so chilling at that time that people have superstitious awe about it.

[@Cak500]

И моя Мама из Алтая из рода Найманка!

[@arystanbeck914]

@@Cak500 откуда именно?

[@stinger7713]

Хан Тәңірі- хан деген әмірші, билеушіні білдіретін шығар, ал қан деп айтсақ онша жараспайтын сияқты! Тау патшасы деген мағнаны білдіретіні мүмкін! Мысалы Шыңғыс қан емес хан, Түркілер хан деген сөзді билеуші, қол басшы деп білуі мүкін?! Жалпы біздің дүне Түркі әлеме тұңқық әлем!

[@islombekochi]

Also uzbeks have tribe called naiman, my grandmother's tribe. hello from brotherhood country Uzbekistan

[@arystanbeck914]

@@islombekochi Salam Brother!

[@kerkukturk8298]

I dont know if you mentioned turks in Mecadonia ..there are alot of turks in Romenia Greece Malodova

[@sybillax6512]

Hi Khan's Den, thanks for creating this video about the history of the Göktürk Khanate. Ever since I started watching the Turkish TV series Destan (set in 8th century Central Asia), my mind has become more curious about the Göktürks and the early Turkic peoples in Central Asia: the peoples, histories, and cultures. I find it all fascinating but at the same time, for sure life wasn't at all easy for the people living in ancient times.

[@KhansDen]

My pleasure

[@haashaas2508]

great work

[@ericwong191]

Greetings from Singapore 😊 i am ethnic tukic from my mom's side and its great her ancestry decided to choose peace instead of constant wars and nomadic migration to settle in north western china

[@orhan1545]

Greetings from Türkiye to all Turk, nice work thank you.

[@evhesab4168]

I am a Turk from Turkey. Göktürks are Our old proud Empire.

[@jakquelbooker1131]

Thank you for having an english interpretation of the Turkish culture I've been searching off and on for at least two years I'm fascinated by Erlik who drove me here to learn more about the Goturks and their ancient civilization thank you 🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽

[@s.b.3077]

Çok güzel bir araştırma.Devamını başarıyla bekleriz.Bu tür kaliteli projeleri çoğaltmalıyız.

[@oguztribesmen294]

Thanks for your work 👍🏽

[@pauldaniels2179]

Great Documentary !

[@fatmaemin511]

turkce bulamadigim videolari ingilizce aratinca bulmak uzdu ama tesekkurler, emeginize saglik.

[@KhansDen]

Fatma hanım, buyrun: İlk Gök Türk Kağanlığı'nın Tarihi ve Mirası (Türkçe tarih belgesel) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqi3qWuih9CXnas

[@fatmaemin511]

@@KhansDen emeginize saglik, varolun :)

[@dianebode6551]

This is well done and important history for us all.. Thank you so much.

[@bilgekhagan408]

This documentary is absolutely perfect thank you for such an accurate and detailed documentary there is not alot out there showing us what this channel shows. It excites me knowing that there is someone out there trying their best to introduce our history in the best possible way keep going👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@tugsuufre]

used almost half footage of mongols, but technically its not wrong that gokturks were almost same people with mongols. The later turkic identity comes after they migrated to the west and mixed with persian.

[@bilgekhagan408]

@@tugsuufre Hi there. just wanted to correct you as you are incorrect with your statement as the Turkic identity and name did not arise after the migration to the west. The name Turk was given to the first ever Turkic khaganate. This is also mentioned in the Chinese sources as Tu-cüeh which is translated as Türük.

[@tugsuufre]

@@bilgekhagan408 Did not say anything about the "name" thing. I know my own history. Original gokturks has nothing to do with Anatolian turks except the name. gokturks were not new nation in mongolia. they were original and same people with xianyun, rong, xunyu, xiongnu, xiangbei, rouran even almost as same as mongols. Only difference come only when they migrate to west and mixed with scythian and kushan remnants of indo-iranian origin, the new culture was born under umbrella term of "Turk". The source can be found with turkic scholar Mahmud Kashgari's Diwan Lugat during 1000's.

[@bilgekhagan408]

@@tugsuufre hi brother sorry but you said “ the later Turkic identity comes after they migrated to the west and mixed with persians ” the definition of identity is name or specification of a group or peoples so clearly your saying they took the name turkic when they migrated to the west which is incorrect thats all i was trying to clarify other than that i do understand everything your saying brother thanks for replying its nice that you share what you know.

[@tugsuufre]

@@bilgekhagan408 I mean "turks" today is different from turks during 6th century. The Gokturks that time included mongols as well, but that does not make mongols and all other central asian nomads as turks like kazakh and turkish fanatics wish to claim. Turkic Identity before western migration is as same as all other groups originated from Mongolia, but later Turkic identity after western expansion is heavily persianized culturely, linguistically and genetically. I just saying that you cannot mix all of TURK into one pot. Turkification and Pan Turanist movement in central asia is more of somewhat orchestrated ideology by Czarist and Soviet Russia. I understand that new nations like Kazakhstan needs that identity more than anything else and try to claim everything they can steal from history.

[@talatguneyli2124]

My Turkic brothers, may Tengri be with us all.

[@karonn4307]

Biz tengri menen🐺🤘🇰🇬🇹🇲🇹🇷🇺🇿🇰🇿🇦🇿

[@KD-ju8bi]

Turks have an very very interesting History

[@gokturksempireturkisharmy8322]

Biz ilginç olmayı seviyoruz 300 devlet 17 imparatorluk kurmuş bir millet

[@salehmehdizade]

Turkey isn't the only country that is descendant of Gokturks. All turkic peoples start their roots from Gokturks

[@ethem9120]

of course

[@KhansDen]

That is absolutely the case, yes.

[@paulomi8484]

@@KhansDen shamanism or shramanism followers

[@kusturucu1015]

Turkey is the only country that is wearing the proud of name of Turk and protecting the Gokturk heritage though

[@kusturucu1015]

@علي ياسر Phenotypes are purely cosmetic. Turks still have a large chunk of ancestry coming from their Central Asian ancestors, which was scientifically proven

[@dayanch123]

A history lesson thet you will not fined in history books. Keep up the good work

[@vahekhar3230]

Because it's made up, at least partly.

[@christianwitness]

Excellent!

[@sailinuniverse]

Daha önce nasıl denk gelmedim ya da fark etmedim dedim kendi kendime. Harika bir anlatımla tarihimizi yeniden canlandirmissiniz, size teşekkür ederim. Kanaliniza hemen abone oldum. Basarilarinizin devamini dilerim

[@metehanknk234]

Sir, I salute you...

[@DimaZinkiv]

Ülkenizi gerçekten seviyorum, Türkiye. Akdeniz'de Antalya'yı ziyaret ettim. Size barış ve refah

[@timog7358]

great video

[@enkisonofanu2301]

An amazing amount of info. and depth of research

[@mr.cookie7308]

Human history, diaspora, and ethnicity is beautiful especially the great journey of the Turkic peoples. We are not all the same but we should love one another like brothers and sisters as we share this earth together and we indeed were connected in the ancient past.

[@user-xc3vg6tz8f]

Elinize emeginize saglik 👏 Ver good casting with documentary breeze, we’ll done guys! Mind where you came from leads possibility of where you will be 👏👏👏

[@KhansDen]

Well it's just me, one guy, who made the documentary, but thank you nontheless. :)

[@eyezlow6894]

The song at the end excellent choice enjoyed this very much love from a Turk

[@mohammadnaz1828]

Great Ancient history of Turkey and China. The Gokturks: History, Culture and Legacy of the First Turkic Empire. I live in London, England an Aircraft Engineer.

[@celsojr950]

Thanks for making an english version. Respect.

[@taalaibekovg2446]

Thanks for the vid. 🇰🇬 Will there be Uigur and Kyrgyz khaganate one?

[@KhansDen]

Yes, next year

[@cdsgamer77]

Interesting i learn alot

[@ashina1938]

Thank you for this perfect and true chronological history that wants to forgotten by most nations. If you would like to allow me to share your contents in to my channel to reach more people I would be pleased.

[@Haplo-san]

I don't know any other ethnicity where they can be both black or white, ginger or blonde, Asian or Caucasian eyed. Turks are sure the most unique ethnicity by being the most diverse one.

[@alfinoz6764]

I think that is because no other nation travelled and migrated across the planet as Turks did. They mixed with local people and genetic diversity emerged m.

[@lifeisshort99]

Koreans believe Turks are brothers from old day. Grammar and some words are same. Both countries believe Tangury. Unfortunately Japanese destroyed Korean History during Japanese occupation pre WW2. Many Korean history is lost. Chinese also rewrote their history to justify their current territory. Land east of Yangtze river was belong to Gokurea, Korea. Manzulia was where Korea was found.

[@yizengli7310]

Brother Smida, the Yangtze River runs east to west and into the Pacific Ocean， maybe all the Pacific Ocean was belong to Korea

[@18890426]

And Koreans created and fabricated their own version of history which is the fantasy and delusion. That's what I heard from my Korean friend.

[@dearcoolz]

As for Koreans, the Han Chinese actually share a recent common ancestor with them dating back around 3000-4000 years ago. This is around the time of the Shang so their common ancestors were probably those eastern Siberians who lived around the Liao River. There has also been direct gene flow from the Han Chinese into the Korean population but not much Korean influence on the Han. Not too surprising since China held a dominant cultural position over Korea and Chinese families had settled in Korea over many centuries. Though the Chinese gene flow into Korea is nowhere near as great as what Vietnam experienced

[@dearcoolz]

Origin and Composition of Korean Ethnicity Analyzed by Ancient and Present-Day Genome The current genetic foundation of Koreans may have been established through a rapid admixture with ancient Southern Chinese populations associated with Iron Age Cambodians. We speculate that this admixing trend initially occurred mostly outside the Korean peninsula followed by continuous spread and localization in Korea, corresponding to the general admixture trend of East Asia. Over 70% of extant Korean genetic diversity is explained to be derived from such a recent population expansion and admixture from the South

[@dearcoolz]

Like most ethnic groups, Korean people are the composite of multiple populations and have an ethnogenesis that was a centuries long process. It’s not that Koreans were “steppe peoples” but they descend from an ancient population that was also partially ancestral to steppe peoples. The Korean people trace a lot of their “northern” ancestry back to the Chertovy Vorota Cave in modern-day Russia and their “southern” ancestry to the Iron Age Vat Komnou in modern-day Cambodia. These admixture events were occurring even before they settled in the Korean peninsula. Like please, the rice you eat was spread to you by your Southeast Asian ancestors, and all Northeast Asians ultimately derive from Southeast Asians because the southern half of Asia was populated first.

[@Sksk27547]

I watched all of this. It was interesting.

[@kynismos]

Fascinating

[@theturkish1373]

Great work!

[@mustafaakcapnar921]

Better than anything else I saw before. Double thumbs up mate 👍👍⚔☪🏹 subbed!

[@crazywolfhitman]

Best I have seen

[@UnboxwithSahar]

Fascinating documentary. Thank you for the effort you've put into this. It's priceless! 🙏🙏

[@annepoitrineau5650]

I love the music at the end. I am now trying to figure out how the toccharians existed in this patchwork. Fascinating. Thank you so much

[@samalaimukhametova7290]

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[@lucidd4103]

Great work, it's quiet amazing how much we actually know about the steppe people only by their interactions with others like China, Byzantine, Persia and Rome. Also you can see how different their culture is compared to some of the caricatural depiction we have of them. There is an aspect that always intrigued me though. Since those populations were able to invade and settle in almost all those regions around the steppes which cover such immense territories, and yet our usual vision of them are really low density population, how in hell were they able to settle in so many territories for so long, covering the entire Europe and Asia, and almost took over entire local populations? That is really a mystery i hope can be clarified one day or an other, something probably DNA analyses can answer more clearly.

[@hasanyilmaz8411]

Bozkır hayatının zor şartları altında güçlü olmak zorunda kalmaları. Demir teknolojisini çok iyi bilmeleri diyebiliriz

[@ysakunov]

There is a lot of indoeuropeans, because they where nomads who invented light cavalry and conquered everyone. Turks nomads who invented heavy cvalary, western historians cant admit that.