Military ranks, titles and unit names in Turkish runic letter Uighur inscriptions

In this study, it is aimed to examine the military ranks, titles and unit names in the Turkish Runic letter Uighur inscriptions whose names are Tes (Mo 11), Tariat/Terh (Mo 12), Şine Usu (Mo 14), I. Karabalgasun (Mo 16), Hoyto-Tamır/Tayhar-Çuluu (Mo 25-45), Sevrey (Mo 18), Xi'an (Karı Çor), Suci (Mo 15), II. Karabalgasun (Mo 17), Arhanan (Mo 22) ve Gurvaljin-uul/Gürbelcin (Mo 64). Determining of the military ranks, titles and unit names in these inscriptions are based on the texts in Erhan Aydın's work called Uighur Inscriptions and sample sentences in the inscriptions have been transferred from this study. In this direction, firstly, the above-mentioned ranks, titles and unit names in inscriptions were determined, then these were classified under the headings of Military Ranks, Military Titles and Military Unit Names and the words were listed alphabetically. These ranks, titles and unit names that we identified and classified were examined in terms of origin, sound, structure and meaning. The names of military titles/ranks/unit names discussed in the study were meticulously processed and the etymological, morphological and semantic views of many local and foreign researchers about them were included. Key Words: Uighur Inscriptions, Military Ranks, Military Titles, Military Unit Names.