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The 12-Animal Turkish Calendar is a traditional timekeeping system based on the Turkic peoples’ understanding of nature, animals and time, in which each year is symbolized by an animal and organized into 12-year cycles (müçel). This system is not merely a calendar; it has also been described as a worldview, a mythology, a tool of divination, and a marker of identity. Documentary on the origin story of the 12-animal Turkish calendar (TRT2) Origins Expressions from the Orkhon Inscriptions indicate