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1000 Manat Gorkut Ata Turkmen
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Currency | Manat (1993-2009) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | GORKUT ATA TÜRKMEN EÝÝAMY 650 ỳ X asyr 1000 manat (Translation: Gorkut Ata - The era of the Turkmen, 650 years, 10th century, 1000 manat) |
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Gorkut Ata — known in wider Turkic tradition as Dede Korkut — is the semi-mythological bard and sage whose oral epic cycle predates Islam's arrival in Central Asia and survives in manuscripts held in Dresden and the Vatican. Turkmenistan's post-independence government invested heavily in reclaiming such figures as national patrimony, and this 2006 issue sits within a broader commemorative program that Ashgabat used to project a distinctly Turkmen cultural identity during the Niyazov era.
The Dresden manuscript, transcribed in the 16th century, remains the most complete source for the Dede Korkut tales.