As Anuşirvan became a strong statesman in Iran, the
Ak-Huns or also known as Eftalits, became weaker. After the foundation of the Gok-Turk
khanate in Central Asia in 522 and when Istemi Yabgu began his activities in the region of
Transoxiana, the State of Ak-Huns-Eftaliths stuck between two big emperorships. Even their
political and kinship relation to the Juan Juans who were the merciless enemies of the
Gok-Turks, didn't help too much. As a consequence of the common movements of Anuşirvan
and Istemi, the Ak-Huns government collapsed and the country was shared between the
Gok-Turks and Iranians (564). Thus, the Huns political sovereignty that developed in three
different branches became history.
The Hun political domination that developed in three
branches became a thing of the past. However, various groups of Turkish lineage that were
members of Huns established new and powerful states and empires under the name of Tabgaç,
Gok Turk, Turgiş, Karluk, Uighur, Oguz, Bulgar, Sabar, Khazar, Kuman, Pecenek, etc. and
they survived in the continents of Asia, Europe and Africa. These groups that were the
parts of Turkish nation had also played leading roles in the foundation and development of
Russian, Hungarian, Slav-Bulgarian, Romanian, and Georgian States. They have provided the
service of main source for Islamic-Turkish organisations that followed them in respect of
military, legal and social characteristics.
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