BITIG

Journal of Turkic World

BITIG is a quarterly Journal of the Research Centre for Turkestan and Azerbaijan. It is an independent journal which seeks to provide a forum for discussions on topics related to Turkic people of The World. BITIG is a bilingual publication. The main languages are Turkish and English. Next issue is planned to come out early June 1997. Information about subscription or sample issues should be adressed to the SOTA address above.

BITIG 12, January 1997

Table of Contents

• Letter from the Editor Mehmet Tutuncu/Basredaktörden Mektup

Articles and Documents

• Punished Peoples: The mass deportations of the 1940's
• H.M. Hubey: Karachay Malkars
• Merhat Sharipzhan: Kazakhs of Eastern Turkestan
• Mehmet Binay: The Great Game on Oil and Power in Transcaucasia and Eurasia 
• Bruno De Cordier: Afghanistan after the Fall of Kabul: towards a final breakup? Afghan Turkestan holding the balance  
• Information about coming conference in May about the conflicts in the Caucasus 
• Anthony M. Bichel Political Parties in Turkestan Republics
• Uzbekistan's Political Parties
• Turkmenistan Political Parties
• Kyrgyzstan Political Parties

News and Comments from SOTA / SOTA'dan Haberler Yorumlar

• SOTA on the Net / SOTA Internette
• Kirim Tatar'lari Internet'te / Crimean Tatars in Internet
• International Journal of Turkic studies
• Gündem: Bati Trakya'dan yeni bir ses
• Dogu Turkistan Kurultayi'na dogru
• Chechnya's Status
• Dudayev hangi sartlar altinda sehit oldu.
• Enver Pasa'nin naasinin Turkiye'ye getirilmesi uzerine
• Erk Democratic Party of Uzbekistan on Internet / Ozbekistan Erk Democratic Partiyasi Internette 
• International Security and Boundaries Bulletin
• Kazak Yazar Haci Omar Shabdan: 72. Yasinda Çin Zindanlarinda: Amnesty International Kampanyasi

 

Kültür ve Sanat / Culture & Art

 

• On the meaning of BITIG,
• Poetry from The Turkic World
• Mahmut Bahar: Cevherler Cogaltir cenneti,
• Sabir Rustemhanli: Azerbaycan yasayacag
• Ismail Semenov: Stalin Xalkibizni
• Bilal Laypanli : Xalkim, Ana Tilim, Tuwghan Cerim
• Yulduz Usmanova's European Concert Tour in March 1997

Yeni Yayinlar/New Publications

• Bay Dergisi ve Balkanlar Turk Kultur Hizmet Odulu
• BILIG
• Adamianis Uplebebi (Human Rights)
• Contested Borders in the Caucasus

BITIG 11, June 1996

This issue of BITIG is dedicated to the memories of two extrraordinary leaders of Turkic World which are passed away in last months. These are Isa Yusuf Alptekin, and Djovchar Dudaev. Read the editorial for more information.

• The Condolences and In Memoriams remembering the murder of Djovhar Dudaev that we have received
• Letter from the editor
• Information and opinion from different sources
• World Turkic Youth leaders meeting in Holland
• T. Kocaoglu - Usage of the therm Uzbek by Jadid intellectuals
• T. Kocaoglu - Turkic languages and how to learn them
• Paul B. Henze - Impressions from Chinese Turkestan
• Recent publications about Turkmen literature and history in Turkey
• Conference summary about effects of Chinese nuclear tests (14 March 1996 in Haarlem) organized by SOTA
• Chinese nuclear tests and their effects: Undeclared nuclear War in Eastern Turkestan
• Bruno de Cordier - The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia): Between Turkestan and North Asia.

BITIG 10, October 1995

Here are some English articles from BITIG 10

• 5th. Congress of World Turkish Youth League
• Kazakistan adopts new constitution
• Conference on ancient Turkic inscriptions in Tuva
• Poetry from the Turkic World
• Eastern Turkestani condemn Chinese nuclear tests
• Srebrenica in memoriam
• Current situation in Chechenia (report by Aslanbek Kadiyev)