Abstract
METAPHYSICS AND HIKMET IN ANCIENT TURKISH RELIGION
One of the ancient societies of Central Asia is the Turks. In this vast geography, Turks who had different religious experiences during certain periods of history have always had a conception of “God” and “holy being”. The imagination developed by the Turks about sacred is a simple metaphysical thought, a simple designed cosmological elements and a moral view of these two basic perspectives which is based, evaluated and internalized on the understanding of wisdom. Truth-centered Turkish religious thought has defined itself through three moral virtues in the form of knowledge, courage and contentment in accordance with the wisdom tradition.Therefore, Turks’ world views, cosmological approaches, perceptions of existence, state philosophies and social theories were built on metaphysical thinking in one aspect.
Keywords
Islamic philosophy, ancient Turkish religion, god, wisdom, metaphysics.