Revival Göktürk khaganate centered on Ötüken, reasserting Turkic independence after Tang conquest of the Eastern Khaganate.
Overthrown in 744 CE by a coalition of Uyghur, Karluk, and Basmyl tribes under Uyghur leader Kutlug I Bilge Kagan, who captured the sacred center of Ötüken and executed Khagan Özmiş, giving rise to the successor Uyghur Khaganate.
Covers the Göktürk khaganates including the Second Turkic Khaganate (682–744) as part of its broad survey of steppe powers; Rutgers University Press, confirmed via Cambridge Core and Rutgers UP catalogue.