Korkut Ata Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi

Abstract

Köktürk Inscriptions have been studied by hundreds of local and foreign researchers; Based on the fact that they provide very important data about the course of Turkish and world history, they have been seen as almost sacred texts. This holiness is not only in terms of language and literature; It has also been attributed to different disciplines such as history, sociology, political science, and anthropology. These texts, which have been the subject of research for about a century and a half; After Thomsen's reading and announcement, it has been handled by hundreds of local and foreign researchers in many disciplines such as history, literature, philology, sociology, and political science. Inscriptions are of great importance not only for Turkish culture and history, but also for human history and universal culture. In this introductory and evaluation article, Akar's work named Kül Tigin Inscription, which was prepared with the emphasis on this importance expressed in the Preface of the work, will be discussed. All parts of this work, which is one of the newest studies to reveal the importance of the Kul Tigin Inscription in terms of Turkish history and culture, will be evaluated in detail, and an answer will be sought to the question of why there is a need to write such a work.