Belh region, including Seýhun-Jeýhun from east to west up to the Idil Sea in the north. Belief in Gök Taňry[1] was dominant amongst Oguzs. The word Gök refers to a feature of God: ‘the Exalted’. This shows that Oguzs believed in one God. Their language was Oguzca, the ancient Türkmen language.

Oguz Han’s lineage goes back in a chain to Hz. Nuh.[2] The ancestors of the Türkmens are the Kara Han. We have a noble lineage.

My Beloved Türkmen People! I have given vast amounts of information about the lineage of Oguz in ‘The Türkmen Way’. Beloved Türkmen, I did this in order that you and your posterity should never forget your history again. Here, then, I want to quote some of the advice of Oguz Han for your good.

Oguz Han’s advice about the land and homeland:

Whoever cultivates the land finds comfort.

The life of one who plants a tree becomes eternal.

He who does not love the soil does not love the homeland.

One who harms the land in the slightest degree is not a Türk İman (Türkmen).

When you pluck a leaf, your life is curtailed by one year. If you crack a bough, you also break your arm or leg. If you uproot a sapling, you also destroy your life. By cutting down a tree you cut down the tree of your life.

Do not buy gold; buy land.