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In those six days, I had understood that this was the end of my childhood. My tears dried up for ever. The last time I looked upon my dear family and the places where they lay under the ruins, in their presence I vowed to myself silently:

 “My Dears, your spirits and that of my dear father will live in my heart for ever. They will lend me effort and power to achieve my aims and on your behalf I will realize your purposes and the dreams which you were not able to live out. May Allah help me!

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Our Ancestor Oguz Han is the forefather of the Türkmen people, whom Türkmen people assume to be a prophet. From the ancient civilized heritage of Türkmen soil and from the Oguz Han era, Golden Cow sculptures and many other valuable relics have been found.

You cannot convince Türkmen people that Gorkut Ata is a man without saintly miracles (karamat)!

 Türkmens in history founded the great Parfiýa State. Ärsak ªah established relations with the Romans. During his era he was known as The Holy Ärsak ªah. In the history of the Türkmens, there have been many men who have been believed to be like prophets and described as godly, holy. We have never tried to force other people to believe that these are men who have prophecy, however, we do believe that those were not ordinary people but worked saintly miracles (karamat), which we do not let others abuse our beliefs, either.

 Dövletmämmet Azady said: “The richest of all richnesses is sagacity, the most precious heritage is breeding and training, the most beggarly of the beggarly is regret.” For us, the heritages derived from our ancestors, Oguz Han,


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