THE ORKHON INSCRIPTIONS AS A SOURCE THE STUDY OF TURKIC HISTORY

Abstract

This article covers the importance of the study of national history in the rise of historical consciousness, with a special focus upon the Orkhon written monuments. The processes of formation of ethnic units at the socio-historical stages, the gradual development of the Turkic peoples and their role in ensuring human civilization have been researched in detail. The responsibility of the Orkhon written monuments in raising the consciousness of Turkic peoples, also their role of Khagans Bilga, Istami and Tonyukuk in uniting the scattered Turkic tribes and forming a large political-military unit and the importance of the individual in ensuring military-political integrity in socio-historical processes have been stated. In the study of the processes of ethnic formation, the rising and developing of the nation, from the clan to the tribe, has been analysed in stages, and the characteristic features of each ethno-social and historical stage have been discussed.