Tang Dönemindeki Üç Saray Darbesinin Ortak Özelliği: Konargöçer Askerler

Abstract

The Tang Dynasty period of China is the period when Turks and Chinese interacted most intensely. In this period, in addition to social and cultural interaction, there was also military interaction. Many people both Turk and Turkic cultural environment served as commanders and soldiers in the Tang army. These are especially soldiers from nomadic tradition who hold high positions in the Imperial Army which called Jin Jun. In Tang period, which was the brightest period of China, the struggle for the throne also showed itself and palace coups were made for this purpose. Three of these coups, Shenlong, Jinglong and Tanglong coups, were made possible by the military support of foreign commanders and troops. This study examines, the Yulin Army and its soldiers, who played an active role in the palace coups of the Tang period, occurrence of the coups according to Zizhi Tongjian, one of the chronological history sources of China and the role and effectiveness of the soldiers from the nomadic tradition in the coups.

Authors

Gökçen KAPUSUZOĞLU, Gökçen KAPUSUZOĞLU, Gökçen KAPUSUZOĞLU, Gökçen KAPUSUZOĞLU

Keywords

Tang Dynasty, military structure, Yulin Army, foreign commanders, coup. ?

Publication Information

Volume 0, Issue 8, 2022

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