The wolf has a very important place in the belief system of
Turkish culture. It is thought that the Kök Turks have a historical basis for
the Gray Wolf legend. According to the Wu Sun legend, the son of the murdered
king became king of his state by sucking the milk of the wolf. The wolf has a
celestial quality here. The gray wolf figure also appears in the Turkiccreation myth of the Göktürks, who lived on the southern foothills of the Altay
Mountains. According to this belief, all the people lost their lives and only a
10-year-old child remained. The she-wolf feeds this child and ensures his
survival. The wolf gives birth to 10 sons and they all multiply day by day. The
wolf figure is also seen in the Uyghur legend of Derivatives, but the gender of
the wolf is male, not female. In the epic of Oğuz Kaan, another important epic
in Turkish mythology, the gray wolf figure appears as a guide.
The gray wolf motif is also frequently seen in rock
paintings. Gray wolf motifs have been found on rocks in places such as Hutubi
in the northwest of Urumqi and Mount Eşkiölmes in the southeast of Kazakhstan. The
gray wolf, a symbol of power and courage for the Turkish people, is also
included in the inscriptions. The gray wolf figure is clearly seen in the Kül
Tegin and Bilge Kağan inscriptions. The expression wolf is also seen in the
Begre Inscription, located within the borders of the Tuva Autonomous Republic. It
has been determined that the expression wolf is used in many inscriptions such
as Uybat, Cachikey.
Wolf is mentioned not only in inscriptions and epics but also in Chinese dynastic annals and is included as "böri".
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk also adopted the gray wolf symbol and used it in currency. The gray wolf symbol was printed on 5 and 10 lira notes. The first coin with a gray wolf printed was 5 lira. In the image below you can see the money with the gray wolf symbol.
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