Alp Er Tunga

Alp Er Tunga or Alp Er Tonğa (Alp  "brave, hero, conqueror, warrior", Er "man, male, soldier, Tom", Tonğa "Siberian tiger”) is a mythical hero who was mentioned in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, Turkic mythology and Turkish literature.

In Turkic literature he is considered to be the same character as Afrasiab in the Persian Epic Shahnameh. He is sometimes mentioned as a khan of Saka (Scythia).

Alp Er Tunga Epic

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