Turkish of South Turkistan

Abstract

Afghanistan is one of the lands that have hosted many civilizations and states throughout history and has been on the migration route of many nations. The Turks, also with their three thousand years history, are one of oldest nations in history. Today, still in many sources, the north part of Afghanistan is named as; Southern Turkistan. İn this study, it will be tried to introduce Turks nobility peoples by giving information about the Turks presence and history in the region known as Southern Turkistan.

Southern Turkistan (North part of Afghanistan), indicates that, in which cities do Turks live, from how many clans do Turks form, what are the names of these clans, in which cities do the large number of people speak Uzbek and Turkmen. İt should not be forgotten that through the study of language and folklore in Afghanistan significant contributions will be made to the Turkish language and culture. This land is the oldest land of the Turks, which has nurtured great sacientists and left valuable teraces of them. This land was once the center of science, literature and art.