u/Site-Famous

Like Belgrad, Baicheng, Akşehir all meaning the same thing.

Are you familiar with this story or the Dede Korkut stories in general in your country? I always hear that they exist in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan too but the stories in written manuscripts are signaling a lot more towards Caucasus/ East Anatolia/West Iran Turks.

But at the same time, the written versions we have aren’t some OG or final official versions. They are just some versions that were put to paper, with political reasons of some Sultanetes.