Pre-Islamic Turkish statues, in Jetisu region

With the nationalism movement that started after the French Revolution in the 18th century, nations focused on the origins of their roots and tried to put this issue on a scientific basis. The Republic of Turkey has also made progress in this regard by accelerating the Turkestan researches, which were started to be researched during the Ottoman Empire. However, the political crises (hot and cold wars) in the 20th century interrupted the studies on this subject. In particular, no studies were conducted on the archeology of the Turkestan geography until the end of the last century. Due to the scarcity of written sources in ancient times, archeological data that will provide us with information is very important for us to understand the region, its history and culture. That's why we tried to deal with a specific topic in your thesis. We tried to focus on the Turkish statues erected in Yedisu region, which is one of the important places in the geography of Turkestan. The historical geography of the region has been revealed. We tried to indicate the tradition of erecting statues in Turks and how these statues were named. Our first aim was to create a catalog and introduce the sculptures there to the scientific community of our country.