DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE AND SELJUKS

Number: 5 June 1, 2016
  • Erkan Göksu
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DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE AND SELJUKS

Abstract

Beginning from the civilisations of ancient times, the symbol of “The double-headed eagle” is one of the oldest iconographical element which is seen in many states founded in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Iran and even in America and the Far East. It is noteworthy that this iconographical element had been adopted by the societies, having different ethnical, religious and socio-cultural structures, which were founded in different geographies and that it had taken place in socio-cultural life and in official institutions. In the studies made by the researchers belonging to different disciplines, art historians in particular, it reveals that “The double-headed eagle” is an iconographical element that is present in early Turkish beliefs, Turkish mythology and folk literature and that the Sultanate of Rum had had the most evident examples of that element. That case caused various studies to be made about the meaning it expressed and the importance of that element in Turkish history. Besides, some different views were put forward about it. In this context, the first of those views was the argument that “The double-headed eagle” had been the state symbol of the Seljuks. In this study, it will be considered whether “The double-headed eagle” can be qualified as the the state symbol along with the meaning of it in the era of Seljuks, by inspecting the figures of double-headed eagle that were seen in buildings of the era of the Sultanate of Rum, coins and the other art works and by regarding the records of Ibn Bibi that constitute the source of the topic.

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Turkish

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Erkan Göksu This is me

Publication Date

June 1, 2016

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June 1, 2016

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Year 2016 Number: 5

APA
Göksu, E. (2016). ÇİFT BAŞLI KARTAL ve SELÇUKLULAR. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi, 5, 117-141. https://izlik.org/JA78PP73SF
AMA
1.Göksu E. ÇİFT BAŞLI KARTAL ve SELÇUKLULAR. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2016;(5):117-141. https://izlik.org/JA78PP73SF
Chicago
Göksu, Erkan. 2016. “ÇİFT BAŞLI KARTAL Ve SELÇUKLULAR”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 5: 117-41. https://izlik.org/JA78PP73SF.
EndNote
Göksu E (June 1, 2016) ÇİFT BAŞLI KARTAL ve SELÇUKLULAR. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi 5 117–141.
IEEE
[1]E. Göksu, “ÇİFT BAŞLI KARTAL ve SELÇUKLULAR”, Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 5, pp. 117–141, June 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA78PP73SF
ISNAD
Göksu, Erkan. “ÇİFT BAŞLI KARTAL Ve SELÇUKLULAR”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi. 5 (June 1, 2016): 117-141. https://izlik.org/JA78PP73SF.
JAMA
1.Göksu E. ÇİFT BAŞLI KARTAL ve SELÇUKLULAR. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2016;:117–141.
MLA
Göksu, Erkan. “ÇİFT BAŞLI KARTAL Ve SELÇUKLULAR”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 5, June 2016, pp. 117-41, https://izlik.org/JA78PP73SF.
Vancouver
1.Erkan Göksu. ÇİFT BAŞLI KARTAL ve SELÇUKLULAR. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi [Internet]. 2016 Jun. 1;(5):117-41. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA78PP73SF

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