Kuruluş Osman 83. Bölüm Fragmanı | Bu topraklar bizimdir !

Water was nearly impossible to find in the summer, as small rivers dry up in the sand, and often only a small trough indicates where the river flows. In the great lakes that shine under the sun, there is not a drop of water in summer, and the hot sun is broken in countless salt crystals. Only the occasional traveler on the caravan routes and caravans of camels or donkeys can see deep wells that offer clear and drinkable water.

Those who do not know the location of these wells will perish. No country was as a closed box to foreigners as Turkmenistan, and no country can protect its natives so much. However, none of them can challenge the strength of the people living in them. The house of Oguz Kaghan, son of Kara Khan, is mentioned only in Turkish legend. In reality, he probably only had a tent where he stayed with his tribe (Kibitka, Kara-iu or Black Oguz), which was soon destroyed again and taken to another place. Otaglar had been the only home of the Turks since the earliest times. On cold winter days, the tents were built adjacent to each other in any pit, and a felt covering was laid on a wooden skeleton. In place of the thin curtains used in the summer, new curtains were hung with additional felt pieces. Otaghs of the rich and leaders, scoundrels.
Besides beds and rough sofas, they were decorated with precious carpets and rare weapons, and these decorations were mostly collected as trophies rather than being bought from the market. This was the case in Turkmen and Kyrgyz countries five hundred years ago as it is now. The cold winds of the desert could be felt through the meticulously stitched felt walls, and it was impossible to warm up in the face of a real fire in this treeless region. Other materials were used instead of wood, and valiant men would spend their days drinking kumiss prepared from sheep’s or mare’s milk.
Wild music rose from simple instruments. Praises and tales of heroism were heard with joy, praising the Turkish khans and sometimes the leaders of other nations, such as Ebu Muslim, who had ruled over the Turks. His plays were vulgar and sometimes cruel. One would hold a bone between their teeth, while the other would try to take the bone from the other player’s mouth with their teeth, or the legs of a live sheep would be ripped from its body. Women and children would sit on the sidelines wrapped in furs during these activities and games to pass the time. Today’s Turkmen still live like this for months, and no doubt their ancestors did not live much differently.
With the spring, the waters of the rapidly melting snow started to flow from the mountains. In just a few weeks, the whole country would miraculously take on a completely different appearance and a rapidly disappearing vegetation would appear as it had come. The slopes, the distant valleys, the oases that were not yet artificially irrigated at that time (canal and dam systems were only begun to be built under the influence of the older Iran after the Arab conquestt