A research article entitled “The Theological Transformation of Tengrism from the Ancient Turkish Belief System to the Modern Era and Its Cultural Interactions”, co-authored by Professor Fuzuli Bayat, Doctor of Sciences in Philology and Head of the Department of Folklore Theory at the Institute of Folklore of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) and Professor Haktan Kaplan from Türkiye has been published in the internationally recognized journal Religions.

Published by the Swiss academic publisher MDPI, Religions is indexed in both the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI Q1) and Scopus Q1. The article, the result of collaborative research between Azerbaijani and Turkish scholars, offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of Turkish religious history, mythology and folklore.

The study examines the historical and theological transformation of the concept of Tengri, which occupies a central place in the ancient Turkish belief system. It analyzes the concept in relation to sacredness, cosmology, töre (traditional law and custom), qut (divine blessing or heavenly grace), mythological memory and cultural continuity. The research serves as a valuable scholarly resource for researchers interested in the shared historical memory, religious traditions and cultural depth of the Turkic world, while also providing a contemporary academic perspective on the study of Turkic mythological thought and the history of religious beliefs.

The full article can be accessed via the link provided by the journal.