An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples: Ethnogenesis and State Formation in Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia and the Middle East

Turcologica

by Peter B. Golden

Peter B. Golden yasayan en buyuk Genel Turk tarihcisidir. 1970 yilindan emekli oldugu 2012 yilina kadar Rutgers Universitesi'nde calismistir. Cesitli Turk ve Slav dilleri ve Almanca, Fransizca ile Arapca, Farsca, Yunanca ve Latince gibi kaynak dillerinin yaninda Macarca ve Gurcuce gibi Turk tarihini calismak icin gerekli butun dillere vakif olan Golden, ayni zamanda dilbilimcidir ve eserlerinde diger disiplinleri de buyuk ustalikla kullanmasiyla diger tarihcilerden ayrilir. Ondan fazla kitabi ve iki yuzun uzerinde makalesi ile Avrasya tarihciliginde zirveye oturmustur. Turk Halklari Tarihine Giris butun Turk tarihini tek bir ciltte toplayan dunyadaki en onemli eserdir ve temel basvuru kaynagidir. 1992 yilinda Ingilizce olarak yayinlanan kitabi, Turkce baskilar icin guncellenmistir ve en yeni bilgileri icerir. Bu esere Turkiye'de gosterilen ilgi kisa zamanda ust uste baski yapilmasiyla gurur verici hale gelmistir. Bu kitapta sadece siyasi ve etnik tarih degil, ayrintili dil ve kultur in

Genres: History, Nonfiction

483 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Peter Benjamin Golden (born 1941) is an American historian who is "professor emeritus" of History, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University. He has written many books and articles on Turkic and Central Asian studies, such as An introduction to the history of the Turkic peoples.

Golden grew up in New York and attended Music & Art High School. He graduated from CUNY Queens College in 1963, before obtaining his M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Columbia University in 1968 and 1970, respectively. Golden also studied at the Dil ve Tarih – Coğrafya Fakültesi (School of Language and History – Geography) in Ankara (1967–1968). He taught at Rutgers University from 1969 until his retirement in 2012. He was Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program (2008–2011) at Rutgers. He is an honorary member of the Türk Dil Kurumu and Kőrösi Csoma Society of Hungarian Orientalists and was a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) 2005–2006. In 2019, he was elected an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Reviews

[Enes Duran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sonunda bitirdim. Basit bir okuma olmadı, sürekli yan okumalarla birlikte en zor okumalarımdan biri oldu. İnanılmaz keyif aldım bu zorluktan, belki alanının en önemli baş ucu kitaplarından birini tamamlamış oldum. Konuya akademik veya amatör ilgi duyan herkes muhakkak faydalanmalı.

[Zekeriya · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are like almost no copies of this book left on shelves. I really wish I could find a copy of it in English, though.

Perhaps, one of the most detailed and informative survey histories written. I by no means read every single line in the book, but I have read a good chunk of it for papers.

Definitely needs to be updated. The author should think about releasing or writing a second edition/volume.

[Bryn Hammond · Rating 5 out of 5]

So useful, if extremely hard to get. A thorough inventory of Turkic peoples in history.

[Aysillustration · Rating 5 out of 5]

Türkolog Peter B Golden'ın okuduğum ilk kitabı ve kesinlikle ilk kitap olarak yanlış bir seçim. Öncesinde Türk tarihine giriş ön sözü olabilecek Dünya Tarihinde Orta Asya gibi kitaplarını okuyup fikir sahibi olmak daha doğru bir tercih olur. Çünkü hem kitabın çevirisi çok zor, hem Türk halkları tarihini MÖ'den başlayarak, Prototürkler, boylar, kelimelerinin etimolojik incelemeleri ve çok daha fazlası kitapta yer alıyor. Kitap o kadar detaylı ve o kadar zorki akılda tutmak neredeyse imkansız. Tabii bir millet bütünlüğü oluşturamamış sayısız Türki halk boyunun da bunda payı büyük. Biraz dağınık bir kitap. Ama kitap yerine ansiklopedi demek daha doğru sanırım, okuması zor ve zaman isteyen ama Türk tarihine merakınız var ise müthiş bir kaynak.

[Volkan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have never read anything like it, it is absolutely fascinating! The history of the Turks is intertwined with that of the Iranic, Finno-Ugric, Mongolic, Paleo-Siberian and Sino-Tibetan peoples, so they too will find a piece of their history in this book. Peter Golden starts the journey around the 4th-3rd millennium BC and takes you all the way to the modern era. A highly recommended read for anyone interested in the history of the Turkic peoples.

[BurakOzgen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrible expression, there are very old words are not avaible now. So I enforce myself to read the book

[Nurlan Mustafayev · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very insightful book about the history of ‘Turkic peoples’. The book is not Turkic-centric and draws on from the wide-range of sources (European, Russian, Arabic, Byzantine/ Greek, Hebrew, Turkic, Indian, Chinese etc) and gives an introduction as to how ‘Turkic peoples’ and states were formed in a long historical perspective. It also talks about the political and economic institutions of many Turkic states (e.g. political succession rules). Importantly, it gives a slightly different perspective on the spread and impact of Islam on Turkic peoples, the role of Mongol invasions on the current positioning of Turkic peoples in Asia and Europe. Interestingly (to my reading), the book is slightly pessimistic about the future of Turkic peoples which are currently parts of big states like Russia and Iran. Given the importance of ‘language’ in Turkic state formations, the author believes that the ‘Turkic language’ may be lost in such countries in the face of modern technologies (e.g. single national language in Russia and Iran) and as a result of such loss, the Turkic peoples as we know it today will disappear.