Tibetan-Turkish relations (From the beginning to the 11th century)

Our thesis titled "Tibetan - Turkish Relations from the beginning to the 11th Century" examines the political, social and cultural relations of Turks with Tibetans. Central Asia is an ancient land that has been home to Turks for thousands of years. Our ancestors, who lived a nomadic life, met and made contact with the peoples they came across while looking for fertile pastures for their animals in the unknown Central Asian steppes. The Turks sometimes encountered the Tibetans in the places they went, and sometimes became neighbors, thus bilateral relations between the two communities began. It is known that Turks have been in contact with Tibetan Ch'iang tribes since the Hun period. It is known that Tibetans were in contact with the Gok-Turks, the Qarluq, the Turgish, the Uighur, the Sha-t'o Turks and many other Turkish communities or states in addition to the Huns in the following years. Establishing the cause-effect relationship of historical events and understanding all aspects of what happened can only be possible by knowing the political environment and inter-state relations of the period in which the events took place. With this study, it is aimed to better understand the political environment and conditions of Turks in the 11th century and before, by examining the bilateral relations between the Turkish and Tibetan peoples. In the study, secondary sources in Turkish and foreign languages were collected and recorded, foreign language sources were translated and grouped. Studies of different academician have been compared with each other. Thus, an objective analysis of Tibetan–Turkish relations has been attempted.