Silzibul, the early monarch of the Western Turks, can be identified as neither the Ištemi Qaghan, nor the Western Junior Qaghan of the Eastern Turks, Buli Qaghan. The name Silzibul cannot be decompose...

This paper explores the practice of heqin (marriage alliance) in Chinese history, a diplomatic strategy used to establish relations between different ethnic groups through marriage. Originating in the...

Wilkens, J. Uigurisches Wörterbuch, Sprachmaterial der vorislamischen türkischen Texte aus Zentralasien. III. Fremdelemente, Band 3: čihui – gwıšı. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2025.

It is difficult to evaluate the Oghuzname tradition outside of the Islamic understanding of history, in which the ancestor’s lineage is based on the prophet. The Islamic understanding of history, on t...

In Tibetan Buddhism, ‘woman’ is depicted, Dharma is at the center of what is said and religious symbols are positive towards ‘woman’. Images of enlightened female Buddhas frequently appear in the visu...

The invention of paper is an important stage in the journey of knowledge. Paper, which has an important place in cultural life, has also been reflected in classical Turkish poetry in various aspects. ...

The article examines the phonetic and etymological aspects of the Old Turkic verbs qod- and qud- to determine whether they represent two distinct lexical items or phonetic variations of a single verb ...

Aydın, E. Köl Tegin Türklerin Yenilmez Savaşçısı. İstanbul: Kronik Kitap, 2024.

Baranoğlu, Ş. Kutadgu Bilig’de Söz Dizimi. Ankara: Sonçağ Akademi Yayınları, 2024.

Nugteren, H. Uigurisches Wörterbuch, Sprachmaterial der vorislamischen türkischen Texte aus Zentralasien. II. Nomina – Pronomina – Partikeln, Band 3: eči – idi. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2024.

One of the words that constitute the basic vocabulary of a language is kinship names. These words are among the words that are exchanged between languages with the interaction between cultures. In thi...