The
Gokturks or
Kokturks, known as
Tujue (突厥 tu2 jue2) in medieval
Chinese sources, established the first known
Turkic state in
552 under the leadership of
Bumin Khan and expanded rapidly to rule wide territories in
Central Asia.
The state's most famous personalities other than its founder Bumin are princes Kul and Bilge and the vizier Tonyukuk, whose life stories were carved on the famous Orhon inscriptions.
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