After Oguz Han’s death, as he had requested, his son, Gün Han, ascended to the throne. Oguz Han’s vizier, Erkil Hoja, became the vizier and advisor of Gün Han. One day Erkil Hoja said to Gün Han, “Oguz Han was a great ruler. He conquered all the lands on earth. He had countless treasure and property. He died leaving all those to us. According to the will of Allah, each of you has had four sons. May God protect your sons from conflict over the throne. It is only by assigning a name and a symbol to each tribe and group that unity and peace can be preserved in our homeland. They shall each define their own treasure, lands, domestic administration, cattle with their own signs and official seals. Then none shall complain of another. All shall know their way and symbols, and this is the basis of the perpetuity of the state.”

Gün Han accepted the truth of these words and Erkil Hoja continues as Gün Han’s advisor and vizier. After this event, the titles of Bozok and Üçok were given to the six sons. The tribes of the left and the right were named with different names, and they were each given a different reputation, seal and sign. A specific animal’s name was given to each of the 24 grandchildren as a title. According to this tradition, no tribe kills the animal which represents their tribe’s name; neither do they eat its meat, because this animal bears their sign and name.

Erkil Hoja in order to prevent conflict among different tribes during meals given on specific occasions defined the share of each tribe beforehand and distributed each tribe’s meat before they started eating. In this way the names of the 24 grandchildren of Oguz Han came out of this sharing. These names later became their official names.