Ancient and Medieval Sources, Interpreting with Modern Sources Study on the Origin of the Scythians

The Scythians appeared on the stage of history in 1000 BC and made a name for themselves like a hurricane. The first finds of Scythians came to the tsarist palace and the tsar Peter I (Pyort Romanov) immediately sent some scientists to the region to find out who these finds belonged to and to send them to the Tsarist Academy of Sciences. It was in such an environment that Scythian studies began, and then the debate on the origin of the Scythians gained momentum. While it is noteworthy that this tribe, whose cultures and lifestyles are described in ancient sources, resembles those who carry Turkish-Mongolian blood in terms of culture and lifestyle, the origin of the names mentioned in ancient sources caused controversy, while some saw them as belonging to an Iranian language family, others argued that they would belong to a Turanian family. Especially the information provided by important authors such as Herodotus, Strabo, Ephorus, Hippocrates provides deep data on the Scythians. Within the scope of this article, we have tried to reveal that the Scythians were a tribe-tribe confederation of Turkic-Mongolian origin by considering all the evidence that will point to finding the origins of ancient and medieval sources and the scholars who examined these evidence. We have determined that the views of the scholars who say that the medieval sources, especially those who use the word Scythian, are called Goths, Ostrogoths and Visigoths are also called Scythians, are not correct, and that these chronicles call each tribe by their own names. As a result, it was seen that their origins and languages belonged to the Ural-Altaic language family, but it was determined that the Scythians, who disintegrated over time, were assimilated in terms of religion, language and culture