TÜRKLER VE KAFKASYA
THE TURKS AND THE CAUCASIA

Summary/Abstract: Caucasus can be considered as one of the most unique regions of the world in the number of peoples living there. This region, which plays a role as a bridge between Asia and Europe, from ancient times is an area of contact of different peoples with each other. The most numerous of the peoples in the Caucasus, are the Turks. Azeris, Karachays, Balkarians, Kumyks, Nogai, now living in the Caucasus, are descendants of the Cimmerians, Scythians, Huns, Bulgars, Khazars, Oguzs, Kipchaks and other tribes. Over the millennia, they left a big imprint on the history and fate of the region. Turkic peoples of the Caucasus are the heirs of the kingdom of the Scythians, the Huns state, the Khazar khanate, the Great Bulgar state, Alanya, Kumani, the Golden Horde and other states.

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