Orhun inscriptions; The inscriptions of Göktürk are also known as the inscriptions of Orhun or scripture. This monument, which is of great importance in Turkish history, is located within the borders of Mongolia. Let's examine the details together.
- II. They belong to Göktürk (Kutluk) state.
ii. The state of Göktürk was founded in 680 years, with the revolt of the 50 years after a Chinese captivity and the uprising initiated by Kutır. The most important rulers of Kudım Icım, Kapgan and Bilge Kagan.
- It consists of 6 monuments in total but the most important; The Wise Khan was erected in the name of the cult and the Vizier Tonyukuk.
In 716, the Wise Khan, who emerged from the throne, ruled the state with his brother, the cult, and the Tonyukuk assumed their vizier.
in Tonyukuk monument; How the Turks escaped from the Chinese captivity, the war of independence and the activities of Tonyukuk. In 716, Tonyukuk himself made this Abidin and wrote it himself. Therefore, it is regarded as the first Turkish history writer.
The monument of the cult is placed on the hollow of a turtle statue. Speaking of Turkish-Chinese relations, the Turkish Empire and the cult are praised. The monument was made in 732 by his brother Bilge Khan, who was very upset over the early death of the Cult, and was written by Yollug Tigin, his nephew.
The Wise Khan Monument is how the state grows, the events after the death of the cult, and the advice of future generations. A year after the death of the Wise Khan, his son was commissioned by Tengri Kagan, again written by his nephew Yollug Tigin (735).
- The first written works of Turkish history.
Inscriptions belonging to Yenisey Kyrgyz were also found before the Orhun abideeri. However, it is mostly not remarkable because it is composed of gravestones and a few lines of primitive writings. Their contents are not as rich as the Orhun inscriptions.
- The property of the political name carries and gives advice.
"In the sweet words of the Chinese people and the soft silk fabrics, O Turkish people have died too many! o Turkish people will die... Turk Oğuz Men, people of the business! If the ground is not drilled from above, the Turkish nation, who can break the ceremony? "
- The first texts of the name "Turk" are passed.
Chinese sources have been mentioned as "Tugue" from Turks. The first document of the word "Turk" is known as the Orhun inscriptions.
- They are written in the Orhun alphabet.
There are Chinese inscriptions on the western fronts of the cult and Wise Khan monuments. The other 3 facades were written in Turkish with the alphabet of Orhun. These works, which are very nicely used in the art of rhetoric, are also extremely rich in style. The words are not so side-by-hand, but the stuffed and mature lines are cheered up. Sentences are read from top to bottom.
- They are regarded as the fundamental book of Turkish nationalism.
"Blue sky on top, at the bottom of the ground, the human son was made in between the two. On the human son of the Ecdadam Bulin Khan, the request was seated in the Khan. He sat down and held the customs of the Turkish Nation and edited it. All four sides were enemies. The army has always taken the nation on the four sides. He bowed to the head, kneeling on the knee. "
- The understanding of social state is dominant.
"I sat on the hollow, non-clothing, weak helpless folks (I went on board). My little brother is in agreement with your Ashes: I did not sleep at night for the Turkish nation so that our father, our uncle, won the name of the nation. I worked with my little ashes and I died with two of them.
- The first information about the Abidevün gave the dwarf.
The historian of the history of Ilhanli, who lived in the 13th century, told the Orhun Abideyeri in his work "history-I Cichüşsa".
- The first person to read the inscriptions is the Danish linguist Vilhelm Thomsen.
Vilhelm Thomsen
In 1889, the monuments found by the Russian historian Yardintsev were not solved for 4 years. However, by 1893, Vilhelm Thomsen managed to read the 38 letters by solving the Orhun alphabet. The first words he reads are "Tengri" and "Turkish". In 1895, another scientist, Wilhelm Radloff, was very successful in reading all of the monuments and the sultan of the period II. Awarded to Mecidiye by Abdülhamid.
Source: 1.2, Muharrem Ergin, Orhun inscriptions
