ESKİ TÜRKLER YEMEK ÇUBUKLARI KULLANIYOR MUYDU?
DID THE OLD TURKS USE CHOPSTICKS?

Summary/Abstract: Since the 1st century AD, the increased consumption of wheat in China, the diversification of foods such as noodles, pasta and dumplings made from wheat, and the difficulty of eating them with a spoon, have expanded the usage areas of chopsticks. III. In the 19th century, the Chinese realized that the millstone was not just a tool used to grind wheat, and they also ground canola to obtain its oil. With the extraction of canola oil, a new cooking method has emerged: frying. Since fried foods are cut into bite-sized pieces, it has become easier to eat them with chopsticks, and the use of chopsticks has increased over time. Chopsticks, which are found all over Asia today, have important cultural value, especially in the Far East. It is known that Turkish tribes such as Uyghurs and Salars, located in geographies close to China and within the borders of China, also use chopsticks. This situation brings with it the question "Did the Old Turks use chopsticks?" It makes you ask the question. If so, what word did they use to describe chopsticks? Is this word of Turkish origin or is it a loanword? Do chopsticks have any cultural value? At the end of the study, based on the old Uyghur texts, it was determined that the old Turks used chopsticks and expressed this eating tool with the çöki. It has been revealed that the çöki, whose origin is controversial, comes from the Chinese word chu-qì.

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