Unveiling the Turkish Roots_

Nick Kouzos

A video prepared by artificial inteligence based on an article written by nick Kouzos for his personal site nickkouzos.com,  giving  the story of the ris of the Ottoman Empire. This the first section of a series of articles on the subjrct.

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00:00The Turkish Roots

00:04Extracts from the book The History of Turks by Jean-Paul Roux,

00:11Director of Research of the National Science Research Centre,

00:15lecturer in the School of Louvre,

00:16and member of the Institute of Turkish Studies of Paris University.

00:23The roots of the first Turks are hidden in the depths of ages

00:26inside the woods of Siberia,

00:27from where they migrated to Central Asia highlands.

00:33Their presence among the barbarians of the North

00:36who were surrounding China for centuries,

00:39the second and third millennium,

00:41cannot be identified or registered

00:43before the foundation of the first large confederation of nomadic tribes,

00:48which was made known as the Confederation of Hyeong-no around 200 BC.

00:53The tribes that constituted the confederation

00:55belonged to various nationalities and language groups.

00:59Among these groups,

01:00there was a large number of proto-Turk tribes.

01:06The centre of the Empire of Hyeong-no

01:09was in the north of Mongolia,

01:11the land of Otalken,

01:12a very important location of strategic value.

01:15This area remained a highly sensitive part

01:17of the empires of high lands,

01:19as various groupings of confederations of Turkish

01:21or Turkish-speaking tribes were often called.

01:27The Hyeong-no intermixed the peoples,

01:30establishing the foundation of a nomadic civilisation.

01:33They contributed greatly to the dominance of Altaic tribes

01:36throughout higher Asia.

01:37Around 170 BC,

01:40the Hyeong-no were expanding their territories

01:42both westward and southward.

01:48During this period,

01:49we observe a lot of migrations and confrontations

01:52with other peoples,

01:53some of whom were proto-Turks,

01:54as well as other ancient peoples

01:56like the Yuezze and Vuzoan,

01:58who were also proto-Turks.

02:00It was these confrontations

02:02that led to the destruction of Bactria,

02:04the famous Hellenistic kingdom founded by Alexander the Great

02:08during his last expedition.

02:12The distraction of Vakteriani

02:14is characteristic of what followed

02:16the confrontations of the nomadic tribes

02:19among themselves,

02:20as well as with other, more stable peoples

02:23that had developed ancient civilisations.

02:25Of course, the conflict with the Hellenistic Vakteriani

02:28was minimal compared with the conflict with larger China.

02:34In order to destabilise their enemy,

02:37the Hyeong-no,

02:38China managed to create internal fights

02:40as a result of which the empire

02:42was split into two new kingdoms,

02:44the Kingdom of North in North Mongolia

02:46and the Kingdom of South

02:47in today's interior Mongolia.

02:50This split was the pre-announcement

02:51of their destruction.

02:53Nevertheless,

02:53the Hyeong-no maintained instability in China.

02:56Before the end of the 3rd century,

03:01the barbarians following the Hyeong-no

03:03were spreading all over North China.

03:06These were Turkish-speaking tribes of the Tabgats

03:09who descended from the lake of Vayali.

03:11During 422,

03:13they occupied the capital Lo-yang

03:15and under the name Dynasty of Bi,

03:17they claimed all China,

03:20including the oasis of Central Asia.

03:22During 534,

03:24the Dynasty of Bi was split,

03:26dispersed,

03:27and thus disappeared

03:28or more precisely,

03:29was absorbed by China.

03:34Of course,

03:35150 years of their domination in China

03:37was not without political

03:38and military consequences.

03:40In the moorings of Central Asia,

03:42which had been abandoned meanwhile,

03:44a new nomadic empire

03:45was established

03:46from the remaining Hyeong-no,

03:48which included many proto-Mongols

03:49called Avars.

03:54This new empire was formed

03:55with the participation of Tamgats,

03:57who were still acquainted

03:58with life in the moorings.

04:00Having still considerable horsepower,

04:02they became independent

04:03and attacked the Avars

04:04in the heart of their empire,

04:06the land of Otuken.

04:08Thus, the Turkish tribes rose again

04:10and prepared for their future domination.

04:14The first historic Turks,

04:16the Mongolic and Siberian Altai mountains

04:19were the place from which

04:20the Turkish people originated.

04:22Among these people

04:23were the Tukwe,

04:24a special branch of Hyeong-no,

04:26and among others,

04:27the Toles.

04:31The Avars,

04:33already weakened by the attacks

04:34launched by the Tamgats,

04:36are expecting one more assault

04:37from the Toles,

04:39who are seeking their independence.

04:41The story says that Buman,

04:42the chief of the Tukwe tribe,

04:45is warning the Avars

04:46about the plan of the Toles

04:48and their uprising fails.

04:53Buman requests,

04:54as a prize for his services,

04:56the hand of a princess,

04:57but he is refused

04:58and receives a most offending reply.

05:01The Avars chief says,

05:02aren't you the slaves

05:03who make our weapons in Altai?

05:05Hence, the Tukwe joined the Tamgats,

05:11also known as the Bi,

05:12against the Avars.

05:13In the word Tukwe is hidden

05:15the word Turk or Turok,

05:16which means strong.

05:18The Turoks are the first historic Turks.

05:23It is said that the parental origin

05:25of Turoks starts from the family Buman,

05:27who were descendants of the tribe of Hyeong-no.

05:30This tribe was eliminated,

05:32except for a 10-year-old boy

05:33who was mutilated but saved by a female wolf.

05:36This wolf later united with him

05:38and brought into the world 10 children.

05:41One of these 10 children was named Asina.

05:46The name Asina is the original name

05:49of the Turok dynasty.

05:51The Turoks are the successors of Avars

05:53and secure the supremacy

05:54over all Turkish-speaking races

05:56who were tired of the Mongolian dominance.

05:59The Turoks extend their rule in Mongolia

06:05to Russian Turkestan,

06:06a part of Chinese Turkestan-Afghanistan,

06:08to India.

06:09The empire is getting huge.

06:11This first Turkish empire

06:12was established among major military

06:14and cultural powers,

06:15such as China, Iran,

06:16and the Greek Byzantines at this time.

06:19The constant conflicts

06:20introduced the Turks

06:22into the great historical civilizations.

06:24The Turoks, after their successes,

06:30develop similar ambitions to the Greeks.

06:32The Greeks have been in conflict

06:34with the Persians for centuries.

06:36Therefore, they temporarily

06:37become Turok allies.

06:43But the Chinese are alert,

06:45at first panicked

06:45because of this new barbarian power

06:47and invested in the rivalry

06:49between the northern and southern Turoks,

06:51thereby managing to create a conflict

06:53that later helps them

06:54regain their advantage

06:55in Central Asia.

07:00Thus, the second Turkish empire

07:02was formed in the region of Otuken,

07:04which achieved amazing results

07:06until 734 AD.

07:08The most important achievement

07:10was the reunification

07:11of all Turkic tribes

07:12and overthrew the Chinese occupation.

07:14of the French

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