TheSırderyaoğuzandtheırplaceıntheethnıccomposıtıonoftheuzbekturks

Abstract

ManyTurkishtribesandnon-Turkic(Mongoletal.,especiallyEastIranian)groupscontributed to the ethnic formation of the Uzbeks, one of the most populous Turkish communities. As amatter of fact, it is a fact that the Turkish tribes that make up the body ofthe Uzbeks have diversity, andthis situation finds its own determination among the Uzbek dialects even today, with Karluk (the othername is Hakani Turkish), Kipchak and Oghuz languages gaining weight. As it is known, Oghuzs playedthe main and most active role in the ethnic formation of Anatolian Turks, Turkmens and Gagauzs, manyTurkish groups in Azerbaijan and Iran (Afşar, Kaşkay, Songur, Khorasan Turks, Halaç etc.) and Solors inChina.CrimeanTatarscontributedtooneoranotherdegreeintheethnicformationofKumuk,Karakalpak,Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Nogay, Uyghur, Uzbek and others. In particular, the contribution of the Oghuzs to theUzbekethnicformationismoreevident,andasimilareffectisfeltmoreintheCrimeanTatarsandKumuksthan in the others. The fact that the Uzbek spoken language is called «Karluk dialect», «Kipchak dialect»and«Oghuzdialect»inscientificliteratureconfirmsthis.MostlyKarlukTurkishandsecondlyKipchakdialectsarespokenmoreinUzbekistanandneighboringregions, as well as the Uzbek Oghuz language in the north-western parts of the Bukhara province (Alatand Karaköldivisions),Çarcüy(Lebap),Taşavuz (North-EastTurkmenistan),centeredonKhwarezm. ),is usedamongtheUzbekpopulationofKhorasan(North-EastIran)andpartiallyinnorthernAfghanistan.Infact,theOghuztribescontributedmoretotheformationoftheUzbeks,butthefactthatthefoundersof the Turkic states established in Central Asia in the middle ages were mostly Karluk /Hakani and theirlike(e.g.Karakhanids)andKipchaknobles(e.g.UzbekKhanates)causedtheOghuzinfluencetoremaininthebackground.hasopened.Asamatteroffact,inmanyregionswheretheUzbekslive,especiallyin Khwarezm, Southern Kazakhstan (Turkistan, Karnak, Ikan, Karabulak etc.), the Nurata mountains(today’sNevaiprovince),thesouth-westernpartsofthecityofSamarkand,tracesofOghuzTurkishcanbeseenaswellastheethnotoponymofmanyOghuzclannames.Itconfirmsthatitisprotected.Again,it is interesting to see Oghuz elements in the language of the people of the Tashkent province, even if it isfaint, and that Mahmud of Kashgar recorded the Benaket (Ahangeran) valley, which forms a part of thisplace,asthe«Oghuzvalley».ThefactthatafewOghuzclannamesareincludedinthetraditionallistof«92 Uzbek tribes with 92 tribes/boys» proves that the Oghuz contributed greatly to the formation of UzbekTurks. Apart from these, there is also the opinion that the name «Uz», which is one of the Uzbek tribes andspeaks inUzbekKipchaktoday,isashortenedformofthename«Oghuz».