Eski Türklerden Günümüze Altay Şamanizminde Çök/Sök Ayini

The word čök which has only been found in Tepsey VI, Tuba II and one inscription from Adrianov’s collection, and has been interpreted differently by Turcologists such as Malov, Kyzlasov, Klyashtorny, Erdal, Orkun, Barutcu-Özönder and Aydın. In this study, the word čök identified in the Turkic runic texts of Siberia, and the associated ritual of libation have been evaluated as an ancient and common element in the Shamanism of Altaic peoples for the first time in Turcology. For this reason, traces of the concept have been searched in Tungus-Manchu, Korean and Mongolian as well as Turkic languages belonging to the Altaic language family. It has been emphasized that this word, which was recorded in different forms among Turkic and Mongolic peoples, can be an old and common Altaic word. In this way, the existence of Shamanism among the ancient Turks living in the Yenisei region has been exemplified with this word, and it’s been seen that this concept has been preserved until the 21st century in societies speaking Turkic, Mongolic and Manchu-Tungusic languages and perpetuating traditional Shamanism. And results of this research have been presented to the service of Turcology.