Ergenekon (legendary place)

Ergenekon (legendary place)

In Turkish mythology, Ergenekon is a legendary place located in the inaccessible valleys of the Altay Mountains, where Bumin Khan is supposed to have gathered the Turkic people to escape the Mongols.


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