Considering the governmental system, the powers of the ruler are restricted with councils (General Assembly of Governmental Council) and "Töre" (laws) is superior to both the ruler and the councils. Neither the people nor any member of the governmental system can infringe this union of norms that is drawn by "töre". Therefore, we can identify the Turkish State as a legal state. Actually, it has been observed that the Turkish states had a "sui generis" governmental system. However, it will not be wrong to identify the governmental system of the ancient Turks as Töre System (Law System) in case of a necessity for the identification. Actually, the countries can be lost, but the laws are eternal.
The provisions of the laws do not have unchangeable patterns and forms. The law that is the union of social-legal norms is open to any kind of innovations that are required for survival in accordance with the environmental conditions and opportunities. Therefore, it has maintained its permanent efficiency under various circumstances that it existed. Therefore, the history of the laws dates back to the periods that took place thousands years ago. The rulers such as Mete, Attila, Tung-Yabgu, Jenghiz, and Tamburlaine, etc. had all been subject to traditional laws (töre).
Thus, there is a law with the main issues that remained as the same as those thousands years ago inherited from the steppe lands to Anatolia. Long time ago, the Turkish rulers had perceived that the states could be governed in accordance with the social facts rather than the theories. They could enforce new provisions to be annexed to the laws in accordance with the requirements of the place and period and providing the approval of the "councils". However, the laws had some unchangeable principles with the force of constitution. These principles included Könilik (justice), uz'luk (kindness, pragmatism), tüz'lük (equality) and character (humanity, universality)".
CONCLUSION:
The principles that have survived for thousands of years are stated herein. The laws are not composed of only the events that were experienced in the past. Its existence with different dimensions and elements indicate that it is not a thing of the past. Therefore, the law was not included within the pages of the history and it was not composed of ancient values worthy of a museum. The law is a root that kept the great plane tree of the state alive, enabled it as an imposing state and enforced it. The deeper the rooter is, the more enduring and powerful the plane tree is. However, the propaganda made about the law is far away from the truths and they do not reflect the realities. Particularly today under the domination of Populism, the term of töre (traditions) is considered as a tradition that is extremely wrong and that leads the people to unhappiness and grieves in both the films and songs. The cries of the people that are in anguish due to traditions are narrated within the songs. The people that represent the traditions are sulky in the films. Therefore, the negative characteristics of the traditions are inspired and indicated. Similarly, the types cast are full of the portraits of people who are the victims of the traditions.
However, the traditions that are still alive have two fundamental dimensions. One of them is invigorated within the behaviours or institutions and the other dimension is the ideal that stipulates a target in relation with the future. The first dimension provides the experience of today in the most complete manner and the performance of its functionality. The ideal is indispensable for the formation of the future. However, the formation of the future should not be disconnected from the past. Otherwise, the targets may lead to being the instrument of destructive and separatist ideologies. Similarly, these targets may be full of vain thoughts and the imagination that cannot ever be applied. Since the ideal that is within the scope of the traditions covers the past, the future should be shaped with a mature purpose rather than the determination of vain imagination. Actually, the tradition is the accumulation of experience. Its history for thousands of years enables it to be much less defective. Therefore, it is the fundamental tie between the past and the future and it is the fundamental source of development. The tradition is the memory of the Turkish nation. The memory of the human being is disabled to forget; however, the nation is everlasting with remembrance.
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