Looking at the world map, Turkic languages are spoken by more than 250 million people in a large geography from Eastern Europe to the Bering Strait. Turkic written languages and dialects are spread over a wide area in Eurasia with a series of genetic, geographical, ethnic and typological criteria and classification attempts. Throughout history and today, Turkic languages have been attempted to be categorised by Turkologists based on their own perspectives. Turkic languages spoken in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Moldova (Gagauz) and Turkmenistan constitute the Oghuz group. Turkic languages spoken in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Altai, Khakasia, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabartay-Balkaria and many other regions of Russia constitute the Kipchak group. The Turkic languages spoken in Uzbekistan and the East Turkistan region of China constitute the Karluk group. Turkish languages, the roots of which we have reached with the Gokturk Inscriptions (Orkhun Monuments) (720-735 AD), which are the first and oldest known literary documents of Turkish language and history, have gained a very valuable area in the world science accumulation thanks to the valuable studies of Western and Eastern Turkologists and continue to increase their importance with the scientific studies being carried out. The Turkish language, which started on the stage of history with the Göktürk Inscriptions and strengthened its place with the work of Kashgarlı Mahmut's Divan ı Lügat ı Türk, has increased its fame with the works of W. Radloff, which laid the foundations for the establishment of the branch of Turcology.
Turkic languages, dialect, morpheme, Old Turkic inscriptions