A New Manuscript of "The Book of Dede Korkut" With the New Texts as Historical Source

Abstract

The new manuscript with the new texts of the epic tales of "Kitabi Dede Korkut" widely was investigated by the scholars from the angle of various fields of study, such as linguistic, literature, folklore, and Turkish Studies last few years. This article is dedicated to examination of the new texts of epic stories as a source for the historical research and ethnic studies. Analysis of the time, religion and geography described in the new texts, as well as the toponyms and eponyms makes it possible to determine which ethnic elements were associated with a given region.