Fatih Şengül
Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniv, History, Faculty Member
- Scythians, Cimmerians, Herodotus, Scythians, Pontic area, Black Sea area, Caucaaus, Near East, Anatolia, nomads, steppe peoples, Huns, Bulgars, Proto-Magyars, Kipchaks - Cumans, and 13 moreAvars, Archaeology of Siberia, Xiongnu archaelogy, Eurasian Nomads, The Xiongnu in Chinese Chronicles, Mongolian Archaeology, Archaeology of Central Asia, Scythian and other Eurasian Nomadic Horse Warrior Cultures, Ancient Turks, Silk Road Studies, Central Asian Studies, Xiongnu, and Hsiung-nu Historyedit
- I am interested in the languages and origins of steppe communities which played important roles in the past.edit
Much has been said about the origin of the Scythians, but no academician or researcher has ever been able to provide evidence to reveal the identity of the Scythians. Today, the prevailing view about the origin of the Scythians is the... more
Much has been said about the origin of the Scythians, but no academician or researcher has ever been able to provide evidence to reveal the identity of the Scythians. Today, the prevailing view about the origin of the Scythians is the view that they are of Indo-European origin. And this argument is supported by Western academics. No written sources say that the Scythians were of Indo-European origin or spoke an Indo-European language. The only thing that makes those a community of Indo-European origin is the arbitrary explanations of the personal names belonging to their language in Indo-European languages and the kinship relationship established between the Ossetians and Alans. No consistent explanation of the words of the Scythian language in Indo-European languages has been provided to date. However, very recently, in the light of written sources, more than one piece of evidence has been presented to shed light on the origins of the Scythians. This article aims to reveal the true identity of the Scythians and Alans in the work of the 12th-century Byzantine writer John Tzetzes in the light of these new evidences.
Research Interests: Medieval History, Inner Asian Studies, Central Asian Studies, Central Asia (History), Scythians, and 15 moreHuns, Turkic Studies, Alans, Medieval Alans, İskit tarihi, Sargat Culture, Savirs or Sabirs, Ogurs, Gorokhovo, İskitlerin Türklüğü, İskitler türkmüydü, Tasmola сulture, Скифы / Scythians / Szkíták / İskitler, Sakalar, and Proto-Hungarians
The Turks got in touch with many regions on Earth and many people living in those regions thanks to the mobility a nomadic lifestyle provides. As a result of this, they borrowed many loans from other languages and lent the words belonging... more
The Turks got in touch with many regions on Earth and many people living in those regions thanks to the mobility a nomadic lifestyle provides. As a result of this, they borrowed many loans from other languages and lent the words belonging to their languages to others. However, there are terms related to beekeeping that are used in Turkic, and beekeeping rather seems to be a field of occupation akin to a sedentary lifestyle, of which the most outstanding is the name given for honey. Beekeeping is rather a field of occupation akin to sedentary life. So the words related to beekeeping appear to be non-Turkic elements because it is accepted that the Turks mostly adopted a nomadic lifestyle, and all terms pertaining to honey used among Turkic-speaking communities are regarded as foreign borrowings. Especially the widespread use of common naming used for honey in Indo-European languages and the non-existence of the words, which start with the letter m in Turkic, constitute the background of such a point of view. Another important thing is the fact that the oldest name used for honey among Turkic dialects is not known. For this reason, it is claimed that the Turks must have borrowed this word from Indo-Europeans. In this paper, for the first time, a word that has not been noticed by all linguists until now and seems to be the origin of Turkic bal, "honey, " will be shared, and the fact that Turkic bal is a linguistic remnant belonging to the Scythian language will be shown.
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Bu çalışma bugüne değin kökenleri farazi olan izah edilmeye çalışılan Saka ve Sarmat topluluklarının ilk kez bilimsel veriler ışığında etnik kimliklerini aydınlığa kavuşturmaktadır. Kitap bu sahada hakim mevcut tüm savlara delillerle... more
Bu çalışma bugüne değin kökenleri farazi olan izah edilmeye çalışılan Saka ve Sarmat topluluklarının ilk kez bilimsel veriler ışığında etnik kimliklerini aydınlığa kavuşturmaktadır. Kitap bu sahada hakim mevcut tüm savlara delillerle cevap vermektedir. Sahasında sadece Türkiye'de değil dünyada yapılmış ilk ve tek çalışmadır.
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Great Bulgaria of Kubrat Khan and the River Kuphis.
Research Interests: Eastern European Studies, Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Eastern European history, Bulgarian history, and 15 moreOld Turkic Culture, Huns, Scythian History, Old Slavic/Bulgarian language, Proto-Bulgarians, Old Turkic language and history, Kubrat Khan, Kutrigurs, Old Great Bulgaria, Great Old Bulgaria, Post-Hunnic period, Agathyrs, Akathyr, Bulgarian Khan List, and Kuphis River
Paper revolves around Turkic Shamanism and Belief Terms of Scythian Origin in Ancient Greek World
Research Interests: Iranian Studies, Indo-European Linguistics, Ancient Greek Language, Scythians, Türkoloji, and 15 moreMongolian and Central Asian Studies, Huns, Turkic Studies, Turcology, Alans, Turkic & Altaic Studies, Scythian Religion, Scythian Language, Turkic Shamanism, Türk Şamanizmi, Türklerin Eski Dini, Language of Alans, Turkic loanwords in Hungarian, Türk Şamanizm Terimleri, and Indo-European Turkic
The naming Ares, which is the god of war in Greek Mythology and seems to be of the Scythian, occurs in the work of Homeros before the Scythians arrived in the Eastern Europea. This fact confirms that the mentioned word belongs to the... more
The naming Ares, which is the god of war in Greek Mythology and seems to be of the Scythian, occurs in the work of Homeros before the Scythians arrived in the Eastern Europea. This fact confirms that the mentioned word belongs to the language of an indigeneous Scythian community. In this paper, the present-day remnants and equivalents of the Scythian word in Turkic and Slavic languages will be shown.
Research Interests: Kyrgyz, Slavic Historical Linguistics, Turkic Speaking Peoples, Old Turkic, Ancient Greek Language, and 15 moreSlavic Studies, Turkic Linguistics, Scythians, Türkoloji, Huns, Turkic Studies, İskitler, Eski Türkçe, Old Slavic/Bulgarian language, Turkic Shamanism, İskit Türkleri, The Hunnic Language, Скифы / Scythians / Szkíták / İskitler, Military Terms, and İskitçe
Herodot'un eserinde geçen "Körlerin Açmış Oldukları Hendek" anlatısı ile Oğuz Kağan destanında geçen içi su dolu havuz adlandırmasının esasen aynı olduğuna dönük bir çalışma burada gösterilmeye çalışılmıştır. Kırım yarımadasını Ukrayna... more
Herodot'un eserinde geçen "Körlerin Açmış Oldukları Hendek" anlatısı ile Oğuz Kağan destanında geçen içi su dolu havuz adlandırmasının esasen aynı olduğuna dönük bir çalışma burada gösterilmeye çalışılmıştır. Kırım yarımadasını Ukrayna anakarasına bağlayan Perekop Kıstağı'na Türkler tarafından "OR" adı verilmesinin sebebinin Herodot'un bahsettiği hendek olayı ile irtibatlı olduğu bu çalışmada sunulmaktadır
Research Interests: Old Turkic, Scythians, Huns, İskitler, Cimmerians, Herodotus, Scythians, Pontic area, Black Sea area, Caucaaus, Near East, Anatolia, nomads, steppe peoples, and 9 moreKArşılaştırmalı Türk Mitolojisi, HERODOT TARİHİ, Kırım Tarihi, Oğuz Kağan Destanı'nın Varyantlarının Karşılaştırılması, Oğuz Kagan Destanı, The Hunnic Language, İskitlerin Türklüğü, Sakalar, and Hunların Dili
The Uighurs are a Turkic speaking tribe which played an important role in Eurasian history in Medieval age. One of the most striking problems regarding this community is the fact that the ethnonym Uighur has not hitherto been explained in... more
The Uighurs are a Turkic speaking tribe which played an important role in Eurasian history in Medieval age. One of the most striking problems regarding this community is the fact that the ethnonym Uighur has not hitherto been explained in spite of all linguistic endeavours. In this paper. a very simple solution to this unclarified matter will be suggested
Research Interests: Old Turkic, Indo-European Linguistics, Turkish Language, Turkish Studies, Uighur, and 14 moreTürkoloji, Turkic Studies, Turcology, Old Turkic, Old Uyghur, Finno-Ugric studies, Turkic languages, Uygurlar, Old Uighur, Eski Türkçe, Turkic & Altaic Studies, Comparative Turkic Linguistics, Eski Uygurca, Old Uighur Studies, and Uygurca
The Huns and the Scythians, constitute two of the most leading mounted nomadic communities of antiquity and had the similar nomadic lifestyle and culture. So it is very probable to find the words, which carry phonetic and semantic... more
The Huns and the Scythians, constitute two of the most leading mounted nomadic communities of antiquity and had the similar nomadic lifestyle and culture. So it is very probable to find the words, which carry phonetic and semantic resemblances, in the languages of both communities. This paper revolves around a particular word, which seems to be common in the languages of both communities.
Research Interests: Indo-European Studies, Mongolian Studies, Turkic Speaking Peoples, Old Turkic, Indo-European Linguistics, and 15 moreScythians, İskitler, Turkic languages, Eski Türkçe, Turkic & Altaic Studies, Scythian Religion, Yenisseic Linguistics, Old Slavic/Bulgarian language, Proto-Bulgarians, Turkic Shamanism, The Hunnic Language, Hunnic history, Turkic-speaking tribes, Proto-Bulgarian Language, and Sakalar
Cannabis (Kannabis) is a plant transferred by the Scythians to Europe. Herodotos, who visited Olbia city in the 5th century BC, talks about the mentioned plant but does not present any information about if it is of the Scythian stock.... more
Cannabis (Kannabis) is a plant transferred by the Scythians to Europe. Herodotos, who visited Olbia city in the 5th century BC, talks about the mentioned plant but does not present any information about if it is of the Scythian stock. However, today it is a well-known fact that Cannabis is of the Scythian origin. The mentioned word is one of the best examples of the cultural exchange between Turkic and Iranian world. The core of paper revolves around the cultural exchange between those two civilizations.
Research Interests: Ancient Indo-European Languages, Turkic Speaking Peoples, Old Turkic, Turco-Iranian World, Turkish Language, and 8 moreAncient Greek Literature, Scythians, Turcology, Scythian and other Eurasian Nomadic Horse Warrior Cultures, Turkic & Altaic Studies, Scythian Language, Old Turkic language and history, and Old Turkic, Etymology, historical and modern Turkic languages
Cultural and linguistic interaction between Turkic and Western languages, contrary to popular belief, started not in the period after Christ, but much earlier in the Scythian period. It is possible to find concrete examples of linguistic... more
Cultural and linguistic interaction between Turkic and Western languages, contrary to popular belief, started not in the period after Christ, but much earlier in the Scythian period. It is possible to find concrete examples of linguistic interaction in many words used in daily life. The exchange of words between Turkic and Indo-European languages is also reflected in terms related to dressing, and it is possible to find many common in both language families. In this article, it will be shown that a Scythian word related to clothing, mentioned in the most extraordinary and comprehensive Greek dictionary, which was prepared by the Greek writer Hesychus in the Middle Age, today lives only in Turkic dialects. In addition to this, Another Scythian word will be explained in the light of Turkic vocabulary
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We learn the words belonging to the language of Xiongnus (Asian Huns) through the works written by the Chinese who developed political, military and economic relations with this community. In this study, one Hunnic word carrying the... more
We learn the words belonging to the language of Xiongnus (Asian Huns) through the works written by the Chinese who developed political, military and economic relations with this community. In this study, one Hunnic word carrying the meaning of spoon, remained unexplained until now, will be explained on the base of the sound passings peculiar to Turkic.
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Turkish Translation of paper called Hunnic Linguistic Issues
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The name Ötükän is mentioned as the geographical place name in the Orkhon inscriptions and the Terhin (Taryat) and Šinä Usu Inscriptions. Apart from this, it is seen that the same place name is also mentioned in the form of Ötükän Yıš in... more
The name Ötükän is mentioned as the geographical place name in the Orkhon inscriptions and the Terhin (Taryat) and Šinä Usu Inscriptions. Apart from this, it is seen that the same place name is also mentioned in the form of Ötükän Yıš in the Orkhon Inscriptions. Until today, different ideas have been put forward about what the word Ötükän and Yıš mean. In this study, the word Ötükän will be handled and explained in a different way, on the other hand, it will be shown for the first time that the word Yıš has a different meaning over its Chuvash equivalent.
Research Interests: Old Turkic, Sogdian, Finnish Language, Scythians, Huns, and 12 moreChuvash language, Turcology, Old Chinese, Finno-Ugric studies, Eski Türk Dili, Dilbilim, Türkoloji, Xiongnu, Türkoloji Araştırmaları, Türk Edebiyatı, Türk Tarihi, Orkhon inscriptions, Old Turkic Runic Inscriptions, The Hunnic Language, and Türklük (Bilgisi) Bilimi; (Türkiyat) Türkoloji Araştırmaları
Chernoles archaeological culture, which existed in the area between the rivers Dniester and Dnieper between from XIth until VIIIth centuries BC, was a culture belonging to Pre-Scythian period. According to the preaviling point of view in... more
Chernoles archaeological culture, which existed in the area between the rivers Dniester and Dnieper between from XIth until VIIIth centuries BC, was a culture belonging to Pre-Scythian period. According to the preaviling point of view in the scholarly milieu, the Scythians coming from east appeared in the mentioned area afterwards. However, Herodotos’ accounts in relation to the geographical location of the farmer Scythians refutes the scholarly judgment of this kind and reveal the fact that the archaeological culture of Chernoles continued its existence uninterrupted until the Sarmatian invasion. In this paper, the language of the Farmer Scythians, who appear to be the creators of Chernoles archaeological culture and to be an indigenous community in the country streching from the Dniepr River to the Dniestr River, will be showed with linguistic materials.
Research Interests: Eastern European Studies, Slavic Languages, Iranian Studies, Indo-European Studies, Turkic Speaking Peoples, and 14 moreAncient Greek History, Old Turkic, Turco-Iranian World, Scythian archaeology, Turkic Linguistics, Slavic Archaeology, Turkic Studies, Turcology, Scythian History, Turkic languages, Ancient Turks, Old Turkic Dialects, Old Turkic History, and Language of Scythians
We learn the words belonging to the language of Xiongnus (Asian Huns), who played an important role in the history of the world, through the works written by the Chinese who developed political, military and economic relations with this... more
We learn the words belonging to the language of Xiongnus (Asian Huns), who played an important role in the history of the world, through the works written by the Chinese who developed political, military and economic relations with this community. Some of the words recorded by the Chinese about their language contain the horse-related terms and certain animal names. The horse was the best option of mobility for nomadic communities such as the Huns and the Scythians. Much importance was given to horse in nomadic cultures. So, the fact that the horse-related terms are mentioned in the Chinese historical sources is not accidental. The earlier horse-related terms used by the Turks are present in the language of the Xiongnus but we find the oldest traces of the same terms used in Turkic in the language of the Scythians.
This study discusses the explanations of the words mentioned in the written sources related to the horse-related terms and animal names belonging to the language of the Xiongnus and will touch upon the connection between Turkic and Scythian.
Key words: Hunnic, Turkic, Scythian, Ket Language, Mongolian, Horse, Animal Names
This study discusses the explanations of the words mentioned in the written sources related to the horse-related terms and animal names belonging to the language of the Xiongnus and will touch upon the connection between Turkic and Scythian.
Key words: Hunnic, Turkic, Scythian, Ket Language, Mongolian, Horse, Animal Names
Research Interests: Central Asian Studies, Mongolian Studies, Altaic Linguistics, Yeniseian Languages, Old Turkic, and 15 moreTurkology, Turkic/Altaic Studies, Hsiung-nu History, Turkic Linguistics, Scythian History, Xiongnu, Yeniseian linguistics, Eski Türkçe, Old Turkic languages, The Xiongnu in Chinese Chronicles, Turkic & Altaic Studies, Scythian Language, The Hunnic Language, The Language of the Huns, and Ket people
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Cultural and linguistic interaction between Turkic and Western languages, contrary to popular belief, started not in the period after Christ, but much earlier in the Scythian period. It is possible to find concrete examples of linguistic... more
Cultural and linguistic interaction between Turkic and Western languages, contrary to popular belief, started not in the period after Christ, but much earlier in the Scythian period. It is possible to find concrete examples of linguistic interaction in many words used in daily life. The exchange of words between Turkic and Indo-European languages is also reflected in terms related to dressing, and it is possible to find many common in both language families. In this article, it will be shown that a Scythian word related to clothing, mentioned in the most extraordinary and comprehensive Greek dictionary, which was prepared by the Greek writer Hesychus in the Middle Age, today lives only in Turkic dialects. In addition to this, Another Scythian word will be explained in the light of Turkic vocabulary
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Communities of Turkic origin and Indo-European people’s hade substantially been in contact since a much earlier period or more preciously, Saka age even though it is claimed that they began to come into contact with the beginning of... more
Communities of Turkic origin and Indo-European people’s hade substantially been in contact since a much earlier period or more preciously, Saka age even though it is claimed that they began to come into contact with the beginning of Hunnic period, as a generally accepted view and the geography where such a contact and interaction are most commonly observed was Eastern Europe. In the result of the mutual interaction and contact some military terms and namings were observed into Indo-European languages. This paper deals with some military namings, which seem to be of Turkic origin, in Western languages.
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Hunların Orta Asya kökenli Hiung-luların devamı olduğu yönündeki fikir bugüne değin sürekli olarak tartışılagelmiştir. Burada her iki topluluğunun aynı olup olmadığı tartışmalarına girmeyeceğim. Şahsi fikrim Hunların Hiung-nuların devamı... more
Hunların Orta Asya kökenli Hiung-luların devamı olduğu yönündeki fikir bugüne değin sürekli olarak tartışılagelmiştir. Burada her iki topluluğunun aynı olup olmadığı tartışmalarına girmeyeceğim. Şahsi fikrim Hunların Hiung-nuların devamı olduğudur. Öte yandan, bilim dünyası içerisindeki genel kanı Hunların Asyalı Xiong-nuların devamı ve de Ptolemeus tarafından zikredilen Xούνοι [Khounoi] topluluğunun ise Hunlar ile aynı olduğudur.
Pritsak Hunların Xiong-nu’ların devamı olduğu ve Ptolemeus’un eserinde zikri geçen Khounoi topluluğunun ise Hunlar olduğu kanaatindedir. Sinor Hunların Xiong-nu adlı topluluk ile olan bağını reddederken Ptolemeus’un eserinde zikredilen topluluğun Hunlar olduğu görüşündedir. Otto Maenchen Helfen Avrupa Hunlarının Çuvaş lehçesine benzer bir Türk lehçesi konuştuğu fikrini benimsemiş olmasına karşın Hunların Hsiungnular ile aynı kavim olduğu görüşünü reddeder ve Asya Hunlarının ve bilhassa onlarının yöneticilerinin konuştuğu dili belirlemenin mevcut şartlar altında şüphe taşıyacağı kanaatindedir.
Ben bu bildiride üstte ifade ettiğim üzere, her iki topluluğun yani Avrupa Hunları ile Asyalı Xiongnu’ların aynı kökten gelen topluluk olup olmadıklarını tartışmayacağım ancak öte taraftan her iki kavmin dilbilimsel açıdan gerçekten de aynı olduğuna dair dilsel delil sunacağım.
Pritsak Hunların Xiong-nu’ların devamı olduğu ve Ptolemeus’un eserinde zikri geçen Khounoi topluluğunun ise Hunlar olduğu kanaatindedir. Sinor Hunların Xiong-nu adlı topluluk ile olan bağını reddederken Ptolemeus’un eserinde zikredilen topluluğun Hunlar olduğu görüşündedir. Otto Maenchen Helfen Avrupa Hunlarının Çuvaş lehçesine benzer bir Türk lehçesi konuştuğu fikrini benimsemiş olmasına karşın Hunların Hsiungnular ile aynı kavim olduğu görüşünü reddeder ve Asya Hunlarının ve bilhassa onlarının yöneticilerinin konuştuğu dili belirlemenin mevcut şartlar altında şüphe taşıyacağı kanaatindedir.
Ben bu bildiride üstte ifade ettiğim üzere, her iki topluluğun yani Avrupa Hunları ile Asyalı Xiongnu’ların aynı kökten gelen topluluk olup olmadıklarını tartışmayacağım ancak öte taraftan her iki kavmin dilbilimsel açıdan gerçekten de aynı olduğuna dair dilsel delil sunacağım.