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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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