Egy régi imágó újbóli felfedezése: Oguz hagyomány és Közép-Ázsia ismerete az első oszmán krónikákban

The Ottoman Empire, which had been constructed of diverse ethnic and religious elements, saw, from the second half of the nineteenth century, serious doubts raised as to whether the ethnic or the religious community should be preferred. The Republic of Turkey, established after the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, emphasized national identity. The following questions were raised since the second half of the nineteenth century: Does Ottoman historiography present the links to the old, historical Turkic peoples? To what extent did the first Ottoman authors link the roots of their own state to Central Asia, the original homeland. The answer to the question above was surprising: the early works proved wellinformed concerning the late Ottoman and Central Asian connections.[...]