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Ötüken or Otuken (Old Turkic: 𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰖𐰃𐱁, romanized: Ötüken yïš, lit. 'Ötüken forest'[1] or 𐰵𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰘𐰼, romanized: Ötüken jer, lit. 'land of Ötüken'; Old Uyghur: 𐰵𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐱁;[2] Chinese: 於都斤) was the capital of the First Turkic Khaganate, the Second Turkic Khaganate and the Uyghur Khaganate. It has an important place in Turkic mythology and Tengrism.
Ötüken is located within the borders of the Arkhangai Province and Övörkhangai Province of present-day Mongolia.[3]
- ^ Bilge kagan’s Memorial Complex, TÜRIK BITIG
- ^ Alyılmaz, Cengiz (2013). "Karı Çor Tigin Inscription". International Journal of Turkish Literature Culture Education (in Turkish). 2/2 (2): 1–61. doi:10.7884/teke.188.
- ^ "Türklerin tarihî başkenti: Ötüken - Avrasya'dan - Haber".