Gazi Türkiyat

Öz

This study aims to focus on the silk road domination struggle between Istemi Yabghu and Khosrow Anoushirvan. The first political and commercial contacts between the Sassanids and the Göktürks started with the elimination of the White Huns, who held some important commercial cities on the silk road route in the Central Asia region. consequently the agreement reached between the two states, war was declared against the Akhun state and as a result of this war, the White Huns were dealt a heavy blow and their lands were divided among the aforementioned states. However, this friendship between the two states was soon destroyed by the silk Road dominance. The historical Silk Road, the gates from China, formed a global trade network that followed more than one route in the Central Asian region, stretching from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Anatolia and from there to Europe in the region. Göktürk and Sassanid states, who wanted to seize this trade network, entered into a fierce struggle with each other. This struggle covered a wide area from Ötüken to Ctesiphon and even to Constantinople. Even though Byzantium, which was involved in the conflicts between the Göktürks and the Sassanids, had the opportunity to put their arch-rival Sassanids in a difficult situation thanks to a temporary alliance with the Göktürks, they could not follow a successful policy in this regard.