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Ubir or obur (vampire) is a folkloric creature in Northwestern Turkic languages who blood drinker undead person or witch. Famous Turkish traveller Evliya Çelebi (writer of Seyahatname-Book of Travels, 17th century) tells obur stories.

Illustrated by

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2021-03-04

TIL a cave filled with 7000+ scrolls was walled up in China in 11 century, and rediscovered in 1900. Texts in Chinese, Tibetan, Hebrew, Khotanese, Sanskrit, Sogdian, Tangut, Uyghur, Old Turkic; diverse traditions and topics, like this famous star map!

https://t.co/ZaS7pywL8H https://t.co/t2eVhOAGzS

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2021-02-20

Nava'i wrote primarily in the Chagatai Turkic language and produced 30 works over a 30 year period during which Chagatai became respected as a prestigious literary and cultural language.

Nava'i's best-known poems are found in his four divans - totaling roughly 50,000 verses.

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2021-02-09

Kayra

Kayra is creator god in Turkic mythology. He is the supreme god of the Tatars and the Son of the sky deity (Gök Tengri)

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2020-12-07

As the world commemorates International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we ask them to remember & speak up against brutal crimes against & other Turkic women in who are facing torture, rape, & other forms of violence daily.

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2020-11-26

Among the 200 burial mounds found in Noin-Ula (modern Mongolia) it was found this amazing embroidered carpet that shows some guys with non-Turkic features and wearing traditional from Bactrian-Sogdian clothes.

Short thread.

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2020-10-31

Susulus appear in Turkic folklore as unlucky omens, both foretelling disaster and provoking it like mermaids. They are usually the of young women who died of a violent or untimely death, perhaps by murder or suicide, and especially by drowning.

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2020-08-22

Emperor Taizong vowed revenge and formed alliance w Gokturk’s enemy Turkic Xue Yuantuo and to conquer East Turkic Khaganate

This is the historic background of the story

artist: Jack Huang https://t.co/c0wDIjIFCQ

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2020-08-03

East Turkic Khaganate took opportunity of Tang coup to march onto Tang capital Chang’an (today’s Xi’an)

New Tang Emperor Taizong met Gokturk Khagan across Wei River to form new peace treaty
artist: Jack Huang https://t.co/6lXWcyGqUa

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2020-08-03

I decided to redo the character design for my Fighter Attiliez to make his armor look more turkic and eastern

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2020-05-24

İki farklı tarzda yaptığım Bilge Kağan tasviri çalışmalarım. İkinci Göktürk Kağanlığı'nın kağanlarındandır. Türk tarihinin en önemli figürlerinden biri olarak değerlendirilir.

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2020-05-10

Asena, an old she-wolf with a sky-blue mane found a baby & nursed him. Gave birth to half-wolf, half-human cubs from whom Turkic people/Turkey born! A grey wolf showed the Turks the way out of their legendary homeland Ergenekon, which allowed them to spread/conquer neighbours!

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2020-04-09

A depiction of Mahmud of Ghazni.

Mahmud of Ghazni was the first alleged Turkic ruler to adopt the title 'Sultan'. During his reign, he led several expeditions into India, conquering vast territories of the Punjab with Rajas beyond accepting his suzerainty.

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2020-03-05