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Freedom has been a concept that concerned humankind since the early ages. Freedom, which means that the ability to act independently based on their own will from all external influences, is the capacity to rebel. Therefore, it would be accurate to consider these two concepts together. The debates on the freedom and rebellion concepts maintain its focus. The history reveales numerous struggles for freedom. Turkish history also bears the story of a nation who preferred a free death to a captive life. The rebellion against captivity and cruelty to achieve independence appears as the basic indicator of freedom in the inscriptions. Kök Turks also adopted freedom as their own character and this notion was symbolized with the 'wolf', which was chosen as the symbol of independence, resurrection and freedom. Humankind owes its dignity and honor to the heroes who fought for their freedom and to the heroic nations that unconditionally supported them. This examines the concepts of freedom and rebellion, which are the prerequisites for living an honorable life, with their conceptual fields and nature through the old Turkish inscriptions vocabulary and historical documents and qualitative research methods such as source survey, critical and analysis