Why is the wolf a special animal in Turkish culture?

Question

I see the wolf's image appear in national pride videos more than other animals.

(Eg. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=m7bjzT1ebic&feature=rec-fresh )

Answer 1

Mythology has it, a she-wolf, Asena showed the Turks the way out from their old mountain locked narrow land, when they got too populous for that limited area.

Answer 2

Nice World, you may recall that the Swastika was originally an auspicious symbol full of cultural and spiritual meaning, not stigmatized until the n***s stole it to use for their own political machinery:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

Similarly, the wolf, Asena, was originally a cultural and spiritual symbol for the Turks, reflective of pure power and closeness to nature.  As I have seen the wolf in my dreams, with very strange feeling, I can understand that once it was meaningful in a shamanistic sense.  However, like in the case of the n***s overtaking the Swastika, the wolf was overtaken by a Turkish ultra-nationalist organization of the same name:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Wolves

You are free to do your own research on the group and post-1970s Turkish history and make an opinion for yourself.  I trust that if you honestly believe in a "Nice World" that you will not feel so comfortable realizing that the Grey Wolves are well-supported.  I finally realize that they are a bona fide gang here, a Cete indeed.  At least that explains a lot.

With my new realization, please Grey Wolves, give me at least as many thumbs down as you have given your ringleader thumbs up.  My parents would be more ashamed of me had you liked me.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention, Nice World.

Bye bye.

PS: It is quite disturbing what our other American-raised Turkish member below is writing.  Yes, it is true that my parents' friends died by the hands of Alparslan Turkes, and my parents did too march for progressive ideals.  No, it is not true that my parents are now "pro-Commie", although sure we generally have leftist leanings even in the U.S. (e.g. universal health care, progressive taxation, etc.).  It is neither true that so many who were Leftist back in the late 70's in Turkey remain "pro-Communist" today.  Just as in the U.S. back in the 60s and 70s, Left vs. Right was as much associated with Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War sentiment, Left vs. Right in Turkey at that time too was not simply a "pro-Communist-pinkie" issue that our confused poster below is trying to present it as.  In fact, one of the things that drew my parents to the Leftist movement is the fact that they came from village and working class backgrounds and were against religious fundamentalism and racism, as back then the Left was associated with supporting worker's rights and opportunities and humanism as well.  Interestingly, today, there are members of the "Worker's Party" who are just Wolves in Sheep's clothing.

I am also a bit saddened that it is so easy for the Wolves to brainwash some of us American-raised Turks who are trying to capture our identity by playing on our insecurity about our "Turkishness".  I struggle with such as well, but decided to deal with it differently (i.e. like organizing conferences and teaching in Turkey, paying respects to all my relatives and friends in Turkey often, always speaking Turkish with my Turkish husband, cooking Turkish food often for friends and family, visiting my father's and father-in-law's villages, representing the beauty of Turkish culture in events hereabouts, etc.).  It is easier to flaunt a symbol than it is to act beneficially.  And, the Grey Wolves are not only useless, they are also harmful.  But, I am afraid it will take a while for the history-deficient newer generation to understand this.

Answer 3

Just like the Italians who believe a she wolf fed Romus and Romulus, founders of Rome, Turks believe a she wolf (Asena) led them into safety in Central Asia, when they almost faced extinction by attacks from other clans.

Today, the wolf symbol is used mostly by the followers of a political party, a nationalist one.

Answer 4

hi,

During the rule of İlhan, from the lineage of Oğuz Kaan, in Turan land, Sevinç Kaan, the ruler of the Tartars declared war against to the Turan land. He beats the army under the command of İlhan, by obtaining help from the Kırgız and other klan. Only Kıyan, younger son of İlhan and his wife; and his niece Nüküz and his wife managed to run away and they were saved. They decided to go somewhere where the enemies could not find them. Following a path opened by the wild sheep, they reached a narrow pass on a high mountain. When they reached a place with rivers, streams, various vegetables, meadows, fruit trees and many hunts passing through this pass, they thanked Tanrı and decided to stay there. They called this place combining the words "Ergene" meaning "mountain pass" and "kon" meaning "steep." The sons of Kıyan and Nüküz multiplied. After four hundred year, they and their herds becames so many that they could not fit in Ergenekon. The pass through which their ancestors reached was forgotten. They looked for a pass in the mountains around Ergenekon.



        A blacksmith told that the road could be opened if they melted the iron part of the mountain. They piled a row of woods and a row of coal where the iron was located and they set a fire. They blew on the fire with bellows, which were located on seventy points. The iron melted and a hole enough for a camel to pass through was opened.One GREY WOLF helped the Türks and they, originating from the lineage of Ä°lhan returned to their previous land with more force and they took their revenge.



        Every year we have celebrated a feastival on 21st March, which is the date when they came out of Ergenekon. On this day, we make an iron part red-hot, and when the iron is very red, first the Kaan and then the chieftains forge the iron, putting it on the anvil. Today, it is celebrated for both the freedom again and the spring festival.

is it clear?

hope ,helps you

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