Dear Readers,
We are delighted to deliver the 98th issue of bilig to you.
In this issue, there are 8 different and valuable articles that you will read with interest. Even if you take a look at the articles, it will be enough for you to realize what a rich cultural heritage the Turkic world has and how fertile the field of Turcology is.
An article evaluating the role of Mirza Feteli Akhundzade in the process of forming the understanding of nation among Azerbaijani Turks within the framework of Miroslav Hroch’s approach, the study evaluating the relations of the Chuvashs, who were caught between Muslim-Tatar and Christian-Russian cultures in the Middle Volga Region of Russia, with the communities they lived together and how they perceived each other within the framework of G.F. Timofeyev’s notes, the article on the associative dictionary of Uzbek Turkish, and the study, which draws attention to the importance of the exchange between Turkish dialects in terms of the development of the common communication language of the Turkish world are the first works that take attention in this context.
An analysis of the British traveler Douglas Forsyt’s trip to East Turkestan in 1873, the study evaluating India’s Central Asian policy within the framework of Indian political thinker Kautilya’s foreign policy theory, the article examining the book titled “The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl” by David Kherdian, based on his mother’s experiences, within the framework of “reader response theory” and the study regarding the political life of Tatarstan, ,an autonomous republic under the Russian Federation, are also equally original and interesting works.
As the Editorial Board, our first priority is to deliver the best quality articles in the field of social sciences in the Turkic world. This issue has also been prepared with the same understanding and meticulousness. As an average of 600 articles are uploaded to the bilig system each year. However, only 2-3% of them meet the criteria that is sought. We would like to express that we are not satisfied with this condition, but we are determined to raise the level even higher.
The preparations for our 100th issue, which will be published in January 2022, is in progress. We are waiting for your articles that are original, pioneering and will arouse curiosity and inspire new studies. We wish you a good reading with the hope that the impact factor of our new issue will be higher than the previous issues.
Prof. Dr. Fırat Purtaş
Editor in Chief