Ancient Turkic written monuments genre and Kulmat Omiraliev’s research

Abstract

The article considers genre features of ancient Turkic written monuments. Studies,
opinions and conclusions have been analyzed of scientists related to this genre have been analyzed. The
definition of the genre of ancient Turkic monuments is not the only analysis of their artistic power and
poetic value, but also is the evaluation of the historical, strategic significance, and the main ideological
mission of these works. For more than a century, many historians, literary critics and linguists have been
commenting on this problem with a scientific point of view. The article analyzes and compares the evidence of scientists who recognized this monument as poetry and prose, and provides examples and evidence from
the text of the monuments. At the same time, the features of the main conclusions and arguments of K.
Omiraliev’s research on this problem are considered and their scientific significance is revealed