Hitit Dönemi’nde Anadolu’da Tavananna Olgusu
Hitit Dönemi’nde Anadolu’da Tavananna Olgusu Hitit Dönemi’nde Anadolu’da Tavananna Olgusu Tülin Cengiz Dr. Öğretim Üyesi, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü. Orcid no: 0000-001-6835-3396, tulin.cengiz@hbv.edu.tr TAWANANNA PHENOMENON IN ANATOLIA IN THE HITITE AGE Abstract In the Hittite Kingdom, which has a patriarchal image with its monarchic state structures, economic systems based on organized agriculture and animal husbandry, military organizations, and inheritance systems based on male ancestry, documents dated especially to the Old Hittite Age indicate the existence of women by the name of the Sovereign queen, Tawananna as almost the most influential and influential person in the Hittite palace after the Hittite king. Existing documents indicate that the Tawannas had a strong influence on the state, but they did not provide information about their lineage relations, duties and missions with the Hittite King. Kings are the only legitimate repres