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The ancient Turks believed in the Sky God. And Moon and Sun symbolized his eyes. They were sacred to them. Stars were very special for them too. They gave exotic names to the stars. Their religion (not really a religion, more like "the way it is") was called Tur (later renamed by the other people) The star could be there because of Sirius star which had a very special meaning among ancient Turks. They did not have the concept of death among thir culture and used the term "ucmaga ermek" for those that died. English translation would be close to "to ascend, transcend and fly" But it cannot be translated properly. Ucmak could mean the next phase of evolution in proto Turkish. They propbably believed they went to Sirius star.

"Ottoman" means "ATAMIN" in Turkish and mean "that belongs to my ancestors, elders."

Later after Arabs assimilated (actually tricked) Turkish culture and started giving them Arab names, the name became Osmanli. The Turks migrating to Anatolia from the far Middle Asia was because they were coming back to settle in their ancestors lands. And the star could mean Anatolia which means "Turkish homeland" as well. Anadolu means "land full of our mothers" in Turkish. Asia is Asya in Turkish and means something close to "The first land" So the star could mean all the Asia as well.

Speaking of the star, "Earth" means "Yurt" in Proto Turkish (their pronounciation is nearly same.) And today "YURT" means "my homeland" in modern Turkish. So it could mean the whole Earth as well.

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