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Death among the Altai Turks is the Turkish translation of a 1963 work by French Turkologist Jean-Paul Roux. Published in November 2023 by Dergâh Yayınları as part of its History series, the book offers a comprehensive analysis of the Altai peoples’ conceptions of death and their death practices. Subject and Content The book examines how death is understood in Altai societies and the social functions of beliefs and rituals surrounding death. Roux emphasizes that death is not perceived as annihila