Gokturk Trucker Hat

The Turkic Khaganate (552-744; Old Turkic: Türk xanlïqï Turkish: Göktürk kağanlığı,Chinese: 突厥汗国; pinyin: Tūjué hánguó), sometimes referred to by its Anatolian Turkish version Göktürks' khaganate (Celestial/Blue Turks), was a khaganate established by Ashina Türks in mediaeval Inner Asia. The Ashina Türks, under the leadership of Bumin Qaghan (d. 552) and his sons, succeeded the Rouran Khaganate as the main power in the Mongolian plateau and established a stronger empire, which rapidly expanded to rule huge territories in Central Asia. This khaganate interacted extensively with various dynasties based in north China, and for significant periods exercised considerable control over the lucrative Silk Road trade. This first dynasty collapsed in 581, and fifty years later Kutlugh (d. 692) established the Second Türk Empire (683-734), also referred to as the Turkic Khaganate, which controlled much of the eastern portion of the former Turkic Khaganate and produced the Orkhon inscriptions that have survived to the present