The Question of Syncretism about Official and Literary Style in Old Turkic Civil Documents

A certain portion of the written documents found in the ruins of the ancient Turfan are official civil documents and they belong to the X.-XIII centuries. These civil documents consist of property owners, rich people, agriculturalists, and the trade. The article focus on three phrases in these documents: bar yoq bolmaq, ？rü qud？ bolmaq and i？tin ta？t？n bolmaq. They are reinterpreted from a different point of view