Components of Oghuz origin in Uzbek Turkic dialects

Within the Turkic Islamic World, Uzbekistan undoubdtedly stands aside not only in terms of its geographical position, its climate and the fertility of its land but also in terms of its history, its colourful culture and its tangible and intangible heritage. Being the second most densely populated Turkic Republic after Türkiye, Uzbekistan is home to almost half of the population of Central Asia. The majority of its population is composed of Karluk, Kypchak and Oghuz tribes which are the three big tribes of Turkic peoples. While the official language of Uzbekistan is the Uzbek language, the country is also home to Russian, Tajik, Korean, Jewish and other minorities Rus, Tacik, Kore ve diğer milletler den azınlıklar da iç içe yaşamaktadır. While it is based on the dialect of Tashkent in phonetic terms, the written Uzbek language which belongs to the Karluk branch of Turkic dialects is based on the Fergana dialect in morphological terms. With various components of Karluk, Kypchak and Oghuz Turkic languages it contains, the Uzbek Turkic language led to the emergence of main dialect groups and sub-groups. This thesis aims at pinpointing Oghuz components in Uzbek Turkic dialects. While the introduction is a summary structured so as to deal with the history of Uzbekistan and the Uzbek people as well as of Uzbek literature and Uzbek orthography, the first chapter entitled "Uzbek Turkic Dialects and Their Characteristics" deals with the history of research on Uzbek dialects as well as with works and sources of reference published on dialects, classifications and criteria applied in terms of the characteristics of dialects when proceeding dividing these into main groups and sub-groups. The second chapter entitled "Oghuz Components in Uzbek Turkic Dialects" deals with the phonetic, morphological and lexical components of Oghuz origin. The third chapter features examples of texts written in main dialect branches of Uzbek Turkic language such as Karluk, Kypchak and Oghuz dialects. Keywords: Uzbek Turkic Language, Uzbek Turkic Dialects, Oghuz Language, Oghuz Components.