Facts Management.

In my previous posts, I have written about Turkey and its history. The following is a 6 minutes video I would like to share with you. It will help to know the Turks better. Turks are often mistaken for Middle Eastern and Arab; these two groups have nothing in common but  Islam. Otherwise, they couldn't be more different. The Turks ethnically range from Caucasian to Asian to Black. Yes, there are black Turks. One thing you will not learn in your classroom is the 6 Turkic Empire spending over 2000 years. This video is just a quick answer to the question, "Who are the Turks" it is now up to you to find out more. Watch the Video Now

( The Göktürk Empire in 600 )  The name Turk (Chinese: 突厥, pinyin: tū jué; Jyutping: duk kyu) was first applied to a clan of tribal chieftains (known as Ashina ) who overthrew the ruling Rouran confederacy and founded the nomadic Göktürk Empire ("Celestial Turks").  These nomads roamed in the Altai Mountains (and thus are known as Altaic peoples) in northern Mongolia and on the steppes of Central Asia. The Göktürks were ruled by Khans, whose influences extended during the sixth to eighth centuries from the Aral Sea to the Hindu Kush in the land bridge known as Transoxania. In the eighth century, some Turkic tribes, among them the Oghuz, moved south of the Oxus River, while others migrated west to the northern shore of the Black Sea.   Türk spread as a political designation during the period of Göktürk imperial hegemony to their subject Turkic and non-Turkic peoples. Subsequently, it was adopted as a generic ethnonym designating most, if not all, of the Turkic-speaki...