Abstract

Living in tribe formation and forming tribes are important features in the field of Middle Asian History. The Ting-lings, Kanglıs and Töleses were three important tribes up until the second quarter of the 7th century. After 627 these little tribal groups would be more prominent and they would be mentioned with their respective names. In the time of the Huns, the main tribal group recorded in the sources was that of the Ting Lings. In 4th century AD, this main tribe vanished and was replaced with the Kanglıs who were stuck between three great political powers, the Tabgaçs, Akhuns and Juan Juans, and were thus unable to form a state, although they have an interesting place in history due to their cultural features. After maintaining their existence for 200 years the Kanglis would became Töles and they would be the nucleus of the Gök Türk Khanate’s population. Then they would be mentioned by name among the other tribes that had participated in political events, and they contributed to the formation of the ethnic structure of the modern Turkish world. Investigating the main tribe formations along with the great dynasties will shed light upon the origins of Turkish history.

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