This is the very first video to feature completely animated scenery, backgrounds, and portraits. Exactly four years after creating this channel, it seems that my dream of bringing the Göktürks back to life is finally coming true. Rest assured that there is a long way to go, and that the visual quality will improve even further. Hope you like the results.

@barssavasc2053

3 ай бұрын

Hikayeleştirme çok güzel. Tam bir belgesel tarzında umarım ileride film serisi tarzında bir belgesel çekersin. Bu gençliğimde üniversite okurken benim hayalimdi. Ama ben gerçekleştiremedim. Bir de hunları Türklerden ayrı bir kavim gibi anlatmışsın. O dönemde Hunlar Türk olarak bilinmiyor muydu bunu da detaylı anlatan bir video yaparsan sevinirim

@adacurtQM

3 ай бұрын

Бизни Алан джерибизни оруслула была оруслуланы шабайлары тонап тургъан болмаса бир игилик кёрмедим 12 джыл джашаб Къарачайда. Тилибизде не къытап, не кино, не радио, не окъуу джокъ. Бютёу небизни да къурутуп бошагъанды бу къарауаш къырал. Мен мындан ары джер къарасын ашарыкъ болсам да бу орус къыралгъа къайытмазданма. Бу сатлыкъ орус мышыкъ къырал къарт аталарымы, къарт аналарымы ёлтюрюп кюрешкен, бир затны да кечерик тюйюлме не мен, не мени туудукъларым. Къарачай была Малкъаргъа, айтырым былайды: Джер юсюнде бизге орун къоймай есе, джер юсюнден джау къурусун. Орус къырал бютёу адамгъа, адамлыкъкъа, тюзлюкке да джауду къырылып кетсин да ол, биз джашайыкъ. Аны ючюн не джан не къан, не кюч айамайын кюреширге ант етсин Алан Джуртубузну улусу. Не биз джашарыкъбыз, не джау. Джашатмайыкъ джауну, биз джашайыкъ.🇺🇿🇹🇷🇹🇲🇵🇼🇵🇰🇰🇬🇰🇷🇯🇵🇭🇺🇦🇿🏁🏁🏁

@tolga_onuk

3 ай бұрын

I dont like it because i started to think you are getting paid by a 3rd party to purposely demonstrate the Turkic people as Asian people. Listen to me carefully moron, Proto Turks are Caucasians and they have existed before the times of Akkaddians, this was described in their tablets where they referred to Turukkaeans. So if you dont know the real history DO NOT create misleading stupid videos. Even Genghis Khan is said to have blue eyes. The entire Mongolian people was a mixture of Turks and Chinese. That’s my 2 cents for you. Do your search better OR stop making videos.

@Reader_curiosity

3 ай бұрын

In the historical narrative related to the Ashina Empire, many incidents of conflicts between the Ashina dynasty and other Turkish peoples, such as: Tiele, Huns, Kyrgyz, Toguz-Guz, and others can be found in historical records and ancient inscriptions. So, from the surface of the historical narrative, it appears as if they were separate peoples from each other. Such as the nature of the conflicts on the European continent in the Middle Ages between the peoples of the Goths, the Franks, the Lombards, the Normans, and others, so that they appear as if they were separate peoples from each other, and in reality they were one German people.

@shannondavis3686

3 ай бұрын

The visuals are leaps and bounds above other channels. Excellent Work! All of the in-depth research, and data presented in your videos are much more impactful with the great visuals. It gives context for those trying to imagine The Gokturk Cultural/Tribal World, And their contemporary Allies and Adversaries. Thank You for ALL of Your Hard and Thoroughly Researched Work. 👏👏👏👏👏

Istemi Yabghu is an underrated general defeating Sassanid empire, White Hunnic empire and many more. Expanding the empire rapidly thought winning many battles.

@volkanozturkmen6245

3 ай бұрын

I didn't know that the Gokturks had wars with the White Hun Empire and the Turks founded the White Hun Empire and the Huns are the ancestors of the Turks and the Huns are the Turks.😯

@AltaicGigachad

3 ай бұрын

@@volkanozturkmen6245 To be honest Istemi and Mukan conquered the White Huns by ending there empire, Huns were indeed part of the Turkic people they are of the Oghuric branch. Huns were great Turkic nomads.

Thoroughly enjoying the Celestial Turks series. Keep it up!!

Thanks! Keep making great contents and enlightening us with great history

Kind regards from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿! Great job!

Absolutely beautiful art! Very interesting and informative to say the least. 😊 lovely work.

Articulated stereotypes of military prowess among non-Han typically took the form of statements such as Li Linfu's remark at court that "non-Han are skilled at fighting and brave" and, from a later eighth- century memorial, "Heaven gave birth to the Four Yi who are all skilled in warfare." Occasionally, different non-Han ethnic groups would be compared with one another, with the politically dominant group at the time asserted to be the most martial, such as a mid-eighth-century statement by a prominent Han frontier general that the Turks were more martial than other non-Han. Non-Han groups were often contrasted favorably with their Han counterparts, the latter being characterized, particularly after the seventh century, as mediocre soldiers or helpless farmers. Ethnic Identity in Tang China (Encounters with Asia) Hardcover - January 2, 2008 by Marc S. Abramson (Author) p.48

Quite good visuals Emre. I can't wait to see what all of it will look like in a few years. As you are working on the groundwork (the book, the maps, the script etc.) the videos and visuals and audio could be generated a lot easier in a few years. Thanks for the documentation and I can't wait to buy your book. Well done. Esenlikle.

You offer a great resource for ancient Turkish history and we are looking forward to your 2nd book.

@cagataytezcan1998

3 ай бұрын

Bu arkadaş nereli kardeş

Que vídeo excelente! Tu conseguiu trazer os gokturk da história para a vida real! 🎉Parabéns

Yay! So excited this is out, thank you!

Been waiting for this one! ❤🔥

The first genetic analysis on the Empress Ashina in 2023 by Xiaoming Yang et al. found nearly exclusively Ancient Northeast Asian ancestry (97,7%) next to minor West-Eurasian components (2,3%), and no Chinese ("Yellow River") admixture. Yang, Xiaomin; Meng, Hailiang; Zhang, Jianlin; Yu, Yao; Allen, Edward; Xia, Ziyang; Zhu, Kongyang; Du, Panxin; Ren, Xiaoying; Xiong, Jianxue; Lu, Xiaoyu; Ding, Yi; Han, Sheng; Liu, Weipeng; Jin, Li (2023-01-09). "Ancient Genome of Empress Ashina reveals the Northeast Asian origin of Göktürk Khanate". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 61 (6): 1056-1064.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

3 ай бұрын

How do they have Aryan peoples living next to them, literally?

Very immersive and informative, cant wait for the next episode!

Excellent work.

It was an informative and great historical coverage video about a golden era of Turkik empire ... Thank you 🙏 ( Khan Den) channel for sharing

Keep up the great work.

Excellent exposition. The AI imaging is very distracting, but the rest of the video visuals are well done. Thanks.

Esenlikler 🎉 and alkishlar❤

Wow, terrific job Emre!

This sounds like a Tolkien epic from somewhere in Middle Earth

This is amazing i hope the story is made all the way to current days) also as a music suggestion Dombyra cover by Er-Turan would go well

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

3 ай бұрын

Timur: I do not kill anyone who looks like Chinese

This is a brilliant and beautiful historic document about GokTurk Khaganate. It would be pleasant if I could add a few facts from Chinese perspective. China is a traditional unified empire but with three major breakdown in previous 2,000 years. Qin Shiwang (秦始皇) uified China in 221 BCE. Qin （秦）Dynasty (221~207 BCE) was succeeded by Han （汉）Dynasty (206 BCE~220 CE). At 220 CE, no one was capable of imagining that China was facing the first major breakdown almost 400 years long except a short period of unification of Jin (晋) Dynasty. However, the barbarians, who occupied northern China, were totally assimilated by the Chinese. The reason is very simple: when nomads settled down, they had to accept the advanced farming skill accompanied with relevant Chinese civilization such as the Chinese calendar about when to sow and when to reap. It goes without saying that only the Chinese have a written system that affords complicated philosophy, literature, history, religion etc. Northern Wei (386~534 CE) was founded by Xianbei (Tuoba). Nevertheless, Xiaowen Di (孝文帝，reign from 471~477 CE) took a decisive measure to speed up sinicization: To speak the Chinese only in the court, to Chang Tuoba to Yuan (a Chinese surname), move the whole court to Luo’yang ( a Chinese important city as Chang’an) etc. Finally, the Hun, Xianbei etc had become the Chinese. Northern Wei splitted into Eastern Wei (534~550 CE),which was succeeded by Northern Qi (550~577 CE); and Western Wei (535~556 CE), which was succeeded by Northern Zhou (557~581 CE). Then Northern Zhou ended Northern Qi, and unified Northern China. Unfortunately, Zhou Wudi (周武帝，543～578 CE) died too early. Northern Zhou was succeeded by Sui Dynasty (581~618 CE), which unified the whole China proper. Sui Dynasty was succeeded by Tang Dynasty (618~907 CE). It may be unpleasant to Turks for introducing Changsun Sheng (长孙晟，552～609 CE), forget about the fact he is a sinicized Xianbei, he is a Chinese throughout. In Chinese history, he is an important Grand Counsellor and excellent diplomat in Sui Dynasty. His son Changsun Wuji ( 长孙无忌）was a well-known Prime Counsellor in Tang Dynasty and his daughter the empress of Tang Taizong (Heavenly Khan). Unfortunately, one man’s meat is another man’s poison. The Chinese national hero may be the terminator of GokTurk Khaganate. There is no room here to detail what Changsun Sheng did in history. There is a biography of him in Sui Dynasty official history. Long story in short words, Sheng was an expert in the policy of “divide and rule”: Ally the far against the near (远交近攻）and Weaken the strong while support the weak (离强合弱). Sheng was an expert of Turks’ issue as well. He was sent to GokTurk Khagaanate with three princesses thrice on a diplomatic mission for marriage. Once he stayed in Khan Ahisna’Tent for a year, having good relations with many nobles, collecting a great amount of information regarding Turks. However, do not mistake him as a Confucius’ style scholar, he was a warrior himself, an excellent horseman as well as first-class archer. Once he went out hunting with Ahisna and entourage. Khan saw two vultures grabbing meat in the sky and gave Sheng two arrows. Sheng shot two eagles with one arrow and returned remained one to Khan. Ahisna was more than satisfied and he ordered the nobles to learn the skill from Sheng. Even today almost every Chinese knew the proverb “one arrow two eagles”( 一箭双雕）. When GokTurk Khaganate finally splitted into Eastern and Western Turks, Eastern Turks chose to stay in China and had become a part of the Chinese. Nevertheless, the story of Turks did not stop here. Maybe a chilly winter morning, Western Turks left their homeland and Eastern Turks brothers and sisters forever. This must be an epic march westward and it will be the beginning of another story. From mid Tang Dynasty, there is no Turks’ record in the Chinese document anymore.

I enjoyed this video alot, I wonder if all of the images are AI generated or not all?

Sir, it would be better if you write the place names at the correct points on the maps. For example, in Roman, Pontus was not referred to the Eastern Black Sea, but to the Western parts of the Black Sea. The discourse that the Eastern Black Sea region is Pontus is a political discourse that emerged in the 20th century. The Eastern Black Sea region was historically called Armenia or Colchis.

"History of the Suí dinasty", chapter 84: The superiority of the Göktürks is in their cavalry and archers. When they are in a winning position, they advance with fury; but when danger comes, they withdraw with the speed of the wind, and disappear like lightning, without preserving order. Bows and arrows serve them as claws and fangs. Helmet and cuirass are their usual attire. Their detachments do not go in order, their camps do not stand still. They stop wherever they find grass and water; rams and horses provide food for their army. If they win, they stop and seek the wealth of the enemy; if they are defeated, they withdraw without any shame. They do not burden themselves with night duty, nor do they keep watch during the day; they do not waste their strength in building fortifications, or in storing provisions. But when Chinese soldiers go to war, they [Göktürks] behave very differently. If the Chinese enter the battle with the Göktürks, they [Chinese] rarely win. If we begin to imitate them now, if we adapt to their means, they will not be able to overcome us, and they will not attack us again. -Emperor Yang of Suí

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

3 ай бұрын

Why didn't they use this strategy against the Persians?

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

3 ай бұрын

@@tianlingchen5523 But the Han Chinese were also nomads and became civilized when they immigrated to China and defeated the indigenous people.

A very interesting episode about the time of the great Taspar Qaghan. The images designed by artificial intelligence are beautiful and attractive and match what is stated in Islamic heritage books about describing the Turks as having beautiful faces and that they are white-skinned like the moon. And not as some channels and websites do, which publish pictures of ancient Turkish figures who have long noses like the noses of witches. According to ancient Chinese records, Taspar Qaghan converted to Buddhism and ordered the establishment of a Buddhist temple and the translation of Buddhist religious texts into Turkish. It appears from ancient historical sources and archaeological discoveries that the Buddhist religion enjoyed a certain degree of spread among the Turkish peoples during the sixth century AD, and archaeologists have discovered traces of Buddhist temples and Buddhist religious slogans in the cities, centers and statues of Western Goktürk. Before the Gokturk era, Buddhism spread among the Xiongnu, the Huns, the Tabgach, and others. Ancient Chinese records described Buddhism as a foreign religion that was brought into China by the peoples of the northern steppes to confront Chinese philosophies such as Confucianism and Taoism. As for Turkish writing, according to ancient Chinese records, the method of writing Turkish runes is the same as the Xiongnu writing, and Chinese records in the sixth century mention the existence of a special writing for the Turks. As we mentioned previously, Taspar Qaghan ordered the translation of Buddhist texts into the Turkish language. It is clear from the forms of Buddhism in Tibet and Mongolia today that ancient Buddhism adapted to the original religion in the plateaus of Tibet and Mongolia, and this is what we imagine happened during the eras of Ashina, the Huns, and others. As for the kingdoms of Northern Zhou and Northern Qi, there is an important historical note that I hope is paid attention to by history buffs who have spoiled history with their superficial analyzes of general Turkish history. The Northern Zhou and Northern Qi dynasties descended from generals who served in Northern Wei. Emperor Wenxuan, founder of the Northern Qi dynasty, is of Han Chinese descent, and his Han Chinese clan was integrated into the Xianbei Confederation. While Emperor Xiaomin, the founder of the Northern Zhou dynasty, is of Xiongnu origin, his Yuwen clan of Xiongnu was incorporated into the Xianbei Confederation. Chinese records confirm that the language of the Yuwen Xiongnu is completely different from the Xianbei, and their culture is also different from the Xianbei. The tribal unions in the Eurasian steppe, or those influenced by steppe culture, are complex, intertwined, and subject to many and varied factors, and it is not as naive people imagine that the unions of these tribes descend from the same father and mother, or descend from the same tribe. This naive perception is not true at all.

👍 Mirza Mohammad Beg.👍

Watched it now, The animated scenes were amazing. Btw, I've got a question... did the Gokturks built a castle in Otuken or they were still nomadic?

@KhansDen

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. It is uncertain if they did or not, but we know from the Second Göktürk Khaganate that the area where the Uyghurs later built Ordu-Baliq, their own capital, had been in use by the Göktürks and probably included fortifications. However, whether the First Göktürk Khaganate also had a fortified capital is not clear. I suggest they did.

The Northern wei originally a small Turkic tribe in south of the Yinsang mountain founded by Liwei Khan in 278 CE. They foughts against other Turkic and Mongolic tribes, against Chinese dynasties, and in 439 finally conquered northern china from opponents

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They look so much like Japanese

The Tuoba’s were an important people which were actually of Turkic origin, even the Tang Dynasty seems to be of Tuoba descent.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

3 ай бұрын

The Tang family goes back to their heroic grandfather, Li Shen, from the Great Qin Kingdom

The Turkish type is not mongoloid.The descriptions are wrong

@marcuscole1994

3 ай бұрын

The og Turks are mongeloid

The second emperor of chinese empire Taizong was half Turkic Tagbayq. Tang empire was indeed ruled by Turks

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

3 ай бұрын

They are from the Sogdians, my brother, and they are from the Aryans and their religion is Zoroaster

Ai fena Ai. Ulan Elon musk ulan musk.

@KhansDen

3 ай бұрын

Güzel, ama Elon değil. Emre. Emre-E. Yavuz :)

@cagataytezcan1998

3 ай бұрын

@@KhansDen emre yavuz önce videodaki yazılı kısımlara Türkçe eklesin amk. Her dil var Türkçe yok. İlk defa Türklüğü tanıyan kaliteli kanal çıktı o nun da Anadili İngilizce. Kaderimizi sikiyim. Yanlış mıyım kardeş?

Gokturk Khaganate Avar empire White hun empire Turkic states

Excellent done,now give me more.

Love from a tibetan, the Gokturk khagnate was the ally of the Tibetan empire