Epic of Köroğlu

***Epic of Koroghlu*** (; ; ; ) nyɛla nolini kali din niŋ bayana n-ti Turkic niriba, dibahi bahindi Oghuz Turks. Di buɣisiri la ninvuɣi so ŋun daa labisi niriba zaɣ'biuɣu. Bɛ tooi zaŋdi li mi n niŋdi binkumda ni ka ŋmɛrili dɛma ni yiɣijam laɣinsi ni di kpaŋsi ban be lala dɛma ŋɔ dɛmbu.  Koroghlu n-nyɛ "hero" n-ti yɛltɔɣatamalisi din mali lala yuli ŋɔ tatabɔ Azerbaijani, Turkmen ni Turkish n-ti pahi Turkic balli shɛŋa. Yɛltɔɣatamalisi yari lala biɛhigu yɛltɔɣa mini Koroghlu kpaŋmaŋa tuma di ni daa niŋ ka o nyɛ ninvuɣi so ŋun tuhiri daadama nima ban bi gbubi niriba viɛnyɛla. Yɛltɔɣatamalisi maa laɣim la "occasional romance" mini "Robin Hood-like chivalry".

Dini daa niŋ ka yaakoro zooi Oghuz Turks nima ni "Middle ages"" zaŋ chaŋ Central Asia, South Caucasus ti tabili Asia Minor, ni bɛ ningbuna niŋbu ni zuliya shɛŋa, Koroghlu yɛltɔɣatamalisi daa yɛligi gili lala yaɣa ŋɔ ka di zuɣu daa chɛ ka di pili di Turkmen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Crimean Tatar, Georgian ni Kurdish dina. Lahabali ŋɔ nyɛla din yɛli ti niriba balibu "bagshy" lahabali kahigiriba ban yina Turkmenistan, zab'zabiri Ashik bards ŋun yina Azerbaijan mini Turkey, ka di sabi sɔŋ tooi zooi 18th century.

## Koroghlu
Koroghlu  nyɛla "semi-mystical hero" mini "bard" n-ti Turkic niriba ka daa beni 16th century. Lala yuli ŋɔ "Koroghlu" gbunni nyɛla "zom bidib'ga", "the son of ember" bee "the son of the clay" ("clay" maa zanimi n-ti ŋun kpi) Turkic balli ni. O yu maŋli n daa nyu  in Azerbaijani, , Turkish bɔlibu ni bee  , Turkmen balli ni, bɛ ni daa paŋ shɛli Persian رُوشن *Rowšan* din gbunni nyɛ *laati bee neesim*.

## International recognition
Anashaara goli December yuuni 2015,  Turkmen yɛltɔɣatamalisi zaŋ ti Görogly nyɛla bɛ ni daa sabi shɛli m-pahi "UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" ni.

## Toponyms
Görogly nyɛla bɛ ni tooi mali shɛli m-booni soya yuya mini tiŋgbani yaɣa din be Turkmenistan, n-ti pahi Görogly köçesi din be Ashgabat.  Di lahi nyɛla tiŋa din baɣi Dashoguz yuli.

## In art
*Azerbaijani yiliyiina Uzeyir Hajibeyov daa nam la "opera" ni lala yuli ŋɔ, o daa zaŋla Ashik lahabaya ka laɣim Ashik binkumdi shɛŋa ni tuun maŋa. Lihimi The Opera of Koroglu.

## Koroghlu in popular culture
* "Köroğlu" sinii din nyɛ Atıf Yılmaz dini,  ka Cüneyt Arkın be din ni, 1968: IMDB tt0183368
*  "Üç Anadolu Efsanesi" (Three Anatolian Legends), Yaşar Kemal kpɛrigu.
* "Koroğlu" sinii din nyɛ Əfrasiyab Məmmədov dini, 1960
* "Koroğlu" sinii din nyɛ Rövşən Almuradlı dini, 2003
* "Koroğlu" opera din nyɛ Üzeyir Hacıbəyov dini

## Lihi pahi
*Book of Dede Korkut
*Epic tradition of Turkish literature
*Turkish folk music
*Turkish folklore
*Turkmen music
*Turkmen literature
*Azerbaijani literature
*Opera of Koroglu

## Kundivihira


## External links

* Four editions of the Koroghlu Destan 
* The Other "Koroghlu". Tbilisi Manuscript Sheds Light on Medieval Azerbaijani Hero, 2002
* Koroghlu, the Opera. Composed by Uzeyir Hajibeyov. Libretto by Mammad Sayid Ordubadi. Synopsis of the Plot by Jala Garibova
* The Persianization of Köroĝlu  (JUDITH M. WILKS, *Asian Folklore Studies*, Volume 60, 2001: 305–318, Chicago)
* A short section of a stage production of *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kydP4e6xS3Y Köroğlu]*, an opera by Uzeyir Hajibeyov (10 min 55 sec).