A LEGENDARY FIGURE,KOROGLU
A LEGENDARY FIGURE of BOLU, KOROGLU The Epic of Koroghlu is a heroic l egend prominent in the oral traditions of the Turkish peoples , mainly the Oghuz Turks .The legend typically describes a hero who seeks to avenge a wrong. It was often put to music and played at sporting events as an inspiration to the competing athletes. Koroghlu is the main hero of epic with the same name in Azerbaijani , Turkmen and Turkish as well as some other Turkish languages . The epic tells about the life and heroic deeds of Koroghlu as a hero of the people who struggled against unjust rulers. The epic combines the occasional romance with Robin Hood -like chivalry. Due to the migration in the Middle Ages of large groups of Oghuz Turks within Central Asia , South Caucasus and Asia Minor, and their subsequent assimilation with other ethnic groups, Epic of Koroghlu spread widely in