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The use of the arrow as a legal symbol in ancient Turks

Title	The use of the arrow as a legal symbol in ancient Turks
Author	Turan, Osman
Publication Place	- Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Printing House
Subject	Belleten (Turkish Historical Society), 1945-07, Vol.9 (35), p.305-318
Type	Periodical
Language	eng,tur
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	The University of Leicester Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 0041-4255, DOI: 10.37879/ttkbelleten.1370669
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_4f15bda497a8472daa2fadedb34fc670
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	It is known to those who deal with society and ethnology that there are close relationships between the occupations of a people and their thoughts and beliefs, and that some customs and traditions continue as a remnant or development of the life and beliefs of that people in their primitive times. For example, this situation cannot be understood without looking for a relationship between the warrior spirits of the Turks and the creed of Shamanism, which is a national religion, which promises a reward in the afterlife, not a punishment, in proportion to the enemy killed, in line with the Islamic idea of jihad, unlike the religions that emerged among non-warring tribes as a result of the environment in India. Unless the historical activities of iron works among the Turks are known, the issue of why the Turks consecrated iron is doomed to remain obscure.

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The use of the arrow as a legal symbol in ancient Turks

Author Turan, Osman

Publication Place - Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Printing House

Subject Belleten (Turkish Historical Society), 1945-07, Vol.9 (35), p.305-318

Type Periodical

Language eng,tur

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library The University of Leicester Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 0041-4255, DOI: 10.37879/ttkbelleten.1370669

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_4f15bda497a8472daa2fadedb34fc670

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes It is known to those who deal with society and ethnology that there are close relationships between the occupations of a people and their thoughts and beliefs, and that some customs and traditions continue as a remnant or development of the life and beliefs of that people in their primitive times. For example, this situation cannot be understood without looking for a relationship between the warrior spirits of the Turks and the creed of Shamanism, which is a national religion, which promises a reward in the afterlife, not a punishment, in proportion to the enemy killed, in line with the Islamic idea of jihad, unlike the religions that emerged among non-warring tribes as a result of the environment in India. Unless the historical activities of iron works among the Turks are known, the issue of why the Turks consecrated iron is doomed to remain obscure.