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ESKİ TÜRK DEVLETİNDE DIŞİŞLERİ VE ELÇİLİK KURUMU

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND EMBASSY INSTITUTION IN THE OLD TURKISH STATE Abstract: Since the age of Huns, in the capital, a foreign affairs counselor was present near “kagan” that he guided official comitees and tought the visitors ceremonial rituals, managed the consultations between kagan and envoys are known facts. This counsellor also chosed the attendants for specific causes, who were literate and poli-lingual. Old Turkic states embraced the principle of “fellow to fellow, enemy to enemy” in foreign affairs and as today, their state department officers were called “elçi” and “yalabaç” (yalavaç). Furthermore, one out of nine ministers was responsible for international relations. Key Words: Turkish Culture, Foreing Relations, Embassy