PLEASE, give just 2 minutes and put aside your immediate association of the wolf to any political groups and read one story of the many unique mythologies associated with Turks & Wolves. This is the unique and beautiful animal symbol of the Turks, put aside your prejudices and enjoy.

The gray wolf is the ancient and noble animal representing the nation of Turks stretching from the Northern Pacific Ocean, west through Siberia, to Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean Sea. The gray wolf is intertwined in countless stories, legends, and mythologies of the Turks. One mythology relates that in a great battle the Turkish nation was destroyed except for a baby prince, who was left to die in the battlefield. A lone she-wolf named Asena happened upon the babe and took him away to the legendary Ergenekon mountain range in Northern Siberia. Within this mountain, the boy was reared by the wolf to maturity where upon Asena and the prince gave birth to the new Turks...

Due to the association of the gray wolf to a modern, rightist, political group in Turkiye, the animal has caused many modern Turks to shy away from the beauty, loyalty, intelligence, and strength that our ancestors so rightfully choose as our symbol. I feel it's simpleminded and unfortunate that many have these knee jerk reactions when ever the topic of Wolves and Turks are spoken of...

Why can the Germans & Americans have their eagle, the Russians their bear, Brits their lion, Koreans the Siberian tiger... Why do we feel the need to shun our 5,000 year, unique, history and identification with the wolf?

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