This newsletter, Turkistan-N is an electronic newsletter based roughly on the model of Johnson's Russia List (JRL), Psycholoquy (Prof. Steven Harnad), and LINGUIST-L. Turkistan-N (TN) is a newsletter whose purpose is to report on the "Land of the Turks". Book reviews, commentaries, articles, and letters from the readers can also be published by TN. You may submit such articles to TN, simply by replying to this newsletter or by mailing them to turkistan-N@turkistan.org. Turkistan.org is a domain name registered at INTERNIC by S.O.T.A. Mehmet Tutuncu, Editor Turkistan-N THE Turkistan-N LIST GUIDELINES *************************** The official languages of Turkistan-N are primarily English and Turk* (where * is the Unix *). Famous quotes and expressions in other languages are also allowed (Russian, French, etc.), but must be kept to the minimum in order to make the postings understandable to the other members. 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Savas, S.Bogut <<>><<>><<>><<>> <<>><<>><<>> Features: I. Izmirli, Y. Puersuen <<>><<>><<>><<>> <<>><<>><<>> Associate Editors: A. Baguirov, A. Eren <<>><<>><<>><<>> <<>><<>><<>> Technical: T. Ates, K. Cagiltay <<>><<>><<>><<>> <<>><<>><<>> Editorial Board: Dr. T.Kocaoglu,Dr. M. Hubey <<>><<>><<>><<>> <<>><<>><<>> letters or reactions: Turkistan-N@turkistan.org >><<>><<>><<>> <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<> ########################################################################## ############ Turkistan-N: Vol-97-1:1 27 May 1997 ########## ########################################################################## Contents: 1. * Call for help from Russia 2. * Call for help from Italy 3. * Turkish-American Day Parade in NYC 5. * Kyrgyzstan 2 journalists arrested 5. * RFE/RFL News Upper Karabakh Bashkortostan Kazak President on privatization Yastrzhembskii on Russian military bases in CIS 6. * Kazakh oil through Ceyhan (Milliyet) 7. * Religious Right leader Erbakan calls on Israelis to participate in projects in Turkey worth millions of dollars (Cumhuriyet) 8. * Announcement- New Turkic Languages Journal 9. * World Economic Competetiveness 10. * Erbakan-Ciller Coalition on the rocks? 11. * Tupolev-Iranian Connection ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 16:21:19 +0400 >>From: Hamlet Reply-To: plut@access.dux.ru Organization: dux.ru To: sota@turkiye.net Subject: Golden Horde Dear Friend, My name is Arcady P. Grigoriev. I'm working on Turk philology faculty of Saint Petersburg State University. The object of my scintific work is Mongolian diplomatica in 13-14 cent., and, specifically writing sources of Mongolian ( Golden Horde ) Khans and Tatar ( Crimean ) Khans. I have published more then 50 works on this theme, but now I fill insufficiency of quantity copies of sources which I have in my disposal. Not so long I began to investigate a few documents on Tatar and Latin from exchange of letters between Crimean Khans Italian colonists ( Genova merchants, Venezian Doj also ) in Crimea in 14 cent. I'll gratiful if you could say me are there this type of sources or its copies on any language in your disposal or connect me with person, who are interested in the same or near problem. Help me, please. Sincerely, A. P. Grigoriev. My E-mail address: < vova@dux.ru > ************************************************ Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 11:31:35 -0700 >From: "Istituto per l'Oriente" Organization: Istituto per l'Oriente "C. A. Nallino" To: sota@turkiye.net Subject: To the Editor X-URL: http://www.turkiye.net/sota/krimtatar.html Estimate Editor, I'm proud to send you the English translation of one of my articles. This contribute was published for the first time on the review ORIENTE MODERNO (you can find the coordinates on my file). If you wish I can send you materials about Turkish World published by our Institute and my published contributions about the Dobruca Turkler ve Tatarlar. I send you my curriculum vitae and a list of my publications. Unluckly the Italian situation about the Turkish studies is catastrophic, and there is not a chance for me to take study grants for follow my Ph. D. Degree in Rumania about the "sources of turkish islamization of Desht-i Kipçak" under the guide of prof. Mihai Maxim. I don't know if your Centre can help me in some matter. If you want, you can send to my Association "Oxus" (at my private address) newspapers and reviews in turkish language: we can translate the more interesting articles for nolimited publications in Italy. Thank you for your attentions. Dr. COSSUTO Giuseppe, Via Cristoforo Colombo, N° 60 03043, Cassino, ITALIA Private E-mail: Pierluigi@officine.it ************************************************ >From TudiH@aol.com Sun May 18 17:20:05 1997 Subject: Turkish day Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 13:18:37 -0400 (EDT) The Turkish American Day Parade was held in Manhattan, New York City yesterday. Thousands of participants holding the national flags of Turkey, Azarbaijan, Turkmanistan, Uzbekistan, Kirghizistan, Tadjikistan, Kazakistan, Eastern Turkistan and America started the parade around 2:00 p.m. from the 56th Street and marched through the Madison Avenue among the huge crowd of watchers. The event attracted extensive media coverage from America, Turkey and other Turkish speaking countries. One of Eastern Turkistan flags held by eight people got special attention for its size: 3m x 6m (10 ft x 20 ft). About 15 Eastern Turkistanian (Uighur, Kazak, Uzbek, Tatar) paraders featured 5 eastern Turkistan flags and 3 name boards. The parade ended around 4:00 p.m. at 47th Street & Second Avenue. At the ending point, the national anthem of Turkey and America was performed by a female singer, a lot of people followed her. The Turkish food stalls attracted such a big crowd that we could not even get in close to take a peek. The appealing smells of shish kabab made our stomach so rebellious that we barely made to a nearby Mc Donald. huji turdi ********************************************************** Kyrgyzstan: Two journalists arrested Two journalists with oppositional Res Publica weekly arrested at the Lenin district court of Bishkek today, after the judge (Kuban Kyrgyzbayev) had announced the verdict. They were accused of insulting and libeling Dastan Sarugulov, president of the State gold company, in 4 articles, published in 1993-1996. Zamira Sydykova, chief editor of the weekly, and Alexander Alinachikov, correspondent, sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment. Two other co-dfefendants, Marina Sivasheva (editor and corrector) and Bektash Shamshiev (editor of the Kyrgyz edition of the weekly) have been barred from engaging in journalism for 18 months. Also, Sivasheva and Shamshiev must pay 2,000-som (about $115) fine each. Trial began on 13 May. All four journalists were accused on 3 clauses of the Criminal Code, adopted in the soviet period: - clause 128-2 (libel), - clause 128-3 (libel, combined with the accusation of committing serious crime), - clause 129 (insult). Authors of that 4 articles were Sydykova, Alianchikov and Yuri Glushkin (two articles), former employee of the State gold company, living in Israel now. Shamshiev translated the Alianchikov's article from Russian into Kyrgyz. Sivasheva was a corrector, she left the weekly last year and works for English-language Central Asian Post weekly in Bishkek now. Lawyers of journalists announced in Bishkek today they would appeal to the municipal court. ***************************************************** RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 1, No. 34, Part I, 20 May 1997 NAGORNO-KARABAKH. Yeltsin yesterday called on the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the acting president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh to make a concerted effort to achieve "real progress" toward ending the armed conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and reaching a comprehensive settlement, Interfax reported. Yeltsin also proposed holding talks on the future status of the republic at the same time as discussions aimed at reaching a settlement. Azerbaijan refuses to discuss the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh's future status until Armenia agrees to respect its territorial integrity. ARMENPRESS yesterday quoted an unnamed Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman as rejecting Turkish media speculation that the ministry and Prime Minister Robert Kocharyan, formerly president of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, have different opinions over the issue. BASHKORTOSTAN'S PRESIDENT FEARS FUTURE LOSS OF SOVEREIGNTY. Murtaza Rakhimov, in a lengthy interview with Nezavisimaya gazeta on 17 May, expressed concern that some State Duma deputies wish to transform Russia into a unitary state, which, he said, would deprive his republic of its present status as a sovereign state within the federation. He complained that the Duma is unilaterally altering articles of the Federation Treaty and seeking to discredit the August 1994 power-sharing treaty between the federation and Bashkortostan. Rakhimov also denied that the Russian Constitution is violated by a provision of the republican law on presidential elections stipulating that candidates must speak Bashkir in addition to Russian (see RFE/RL Newsline, 10 April 1997). In 1989, Bashkirs accounted for only 23% of the republic's population. Russians constituted the largest ethnic group (38%) followed by Tatars (27%). KAZAK PRESIDENT ON PRIVATIZATION. Nursultan Nazarbayev, in an interview published in today's Komsomolskaya Pravda., has defended his country's privatization process. He admitted that 50 enterprises had been sold to foreign firms but noted that Kazakstan is second only to Hungary in terms of foreign investment among the former east bloc countries and republics of the Soviet Union. He pointed out that Kazakstan has invited Russian companies to take part in tenders for Kazak enterprises but "without success." He also criticized Russian industrialists and ministries that are attempting to "bring [Kazakstan] to its knees" in their dealings. In this connection, he mentioned the Karachaganskoye natural gas field, which, he said, sent its product to Orenburg to be refined but received only 13%-17% of the profits "thanks to [Gazprom Director] Rem Vyakhirev." YASTRZHEMBSKII COUNTERS ON RUSSIAN MILITARY BASES IN CIS. President Yeltsin's press secretary Sergei Yastrzhembskii has responded to comments by Nazarbayev about Russia's military presence in CIS countries, Interfax and Nezavisimaya Gazeta report. The Kazak president made the comments at the Russian journalists conference in Almaty at the weekend (see RFE/RL Newsline, 19 May 1997). Yastrzhembskii, who also attended the conference, said Russian troops were in Armenia and Georgia as part of bilateral agreements between those states and Russia. He also said Russian troops will be removed from the Transdniester, adding that "nobody sees the stationing of Russian troops [there] as a long-term factor." Yastrzhembskii called Tajikistan a "special case" and noted that the decision to have Russian troops there came from the top CIS leadership. Copyright (c) 1997 RFE/RL, Inc. All rights reserved. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > TRKNWS-L Turkish Press Review >Date: 20 May 1997 09:18:19 -0400 ------------------------------------------------- KAZAKH OIL TO FLOW THROUGH CEYHAN Kazakhstan, which signed an agreement last week to carry Caspian oil through Russia, made another surprising statement saying that the Turkish route would probably be used for the transportation of the oil to international markets. Nurlan Balgimbayev, Chairman of the Kazakh Oil Company, held a press conference in the capital Almati yesterday and noted that the Caspian oil pipeline consortium would not use the route going to the Russian port of Novorossik along the Black Sea. According to the Interfax Agency, Balgimbayev stated that they would evaluate the alternative route which runs through Caspian-Azerbaijan-Georgia to Ceyhan, a Turkish Mediterranean port. The Kazakh official pointed out that an official statement regarding the transportation of the Caspian oil would be made at the beginning of next month. /Milliyet/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ERBAKAN CALLS ON ISRAELI OFFICIALS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROJECTS Israeli Ambassador to Turkey, Zvi Elpeleg, recalled that during a meeting between Turkish Prime Minister and leader of the religious-right Refah Party Necmettin Erbakan and Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy, Erbakan had called on Israeli officials to participate in projects worth millions of dollars in Turkey. Elpeleg replied to questions from Cumhuriyet newspaper regarding Turco-Israeli relations. /Cumhuriyet/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- >From rhahn@u.washington.edu Tue May 20 13:45:45 1997 Subject: Journal of Turkic Languages Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 11:28:25 -0700 (PDT) -------------------------NEW JOURNAL------------------------ TURKIC LANGUAGES Edited by Lars Johanson in co-operation with A'. Berta, H. Boeschoten, B. Brendemoen, E'.A. Csato', E. Gu"rsoy-Naskali, I. Muravyova, D.M. Nasilov, S.A. O"zsoy, with the editorial assistance of Vanessa Locke and Sevgi Ag^cagu"l Turkic Languages appears biannually Vol. 1 (1997).- Ca. 300pages DM 178,- 16S 1299,- /sFr 158,- Special subscription offer (only for vol. 1) until 1 June 1997; DM 144, - o"S 105 1, - /sFr 128, - Contents of Volume I (I 997), Number I LARS JOHANSON: An anchorage for Turkic language studies KARL-HEINRICH MENGES: Der neuen Zeitschrift ,,Turkic Languages" zum Geleit BERNARD COMRIE: Turkic languages and linguistic typology GEOFFREY L. LEWIS: Turkish language reform: the episode of the Sun-Language Theory HENDRIK BOESCHOTEN & AD BACKUS: Code-switching and ongoing linguistic change MARCEL ERDAL: Further notes on the "Irk Bitig" RE'MY DOR: Counting-out rhymes of Turkey CLAUS SCHO"NIG: A new attempt to classify theTurkic languages (1) Reports and reviews Turkic Languages is devoted to linguistic Turcology. It addresses descriptive, comparative, synchronic, diachronic, theoretical and methodological problems of the study of Turkic languages including questions of genetic, typological and areal relations, linguistic variation and language acquisition. The journal aims at presenting work of current interest on a variety of subjects and thus welcomes contributions on all tspects of Turkic linguistics. TL contains articles, review articles, reviews, discussions, reports, and survevs of publications, Orders can be placed either with every bookseller or subscription agency. -----------------HARRASSOWITZ VERLAG - WIESBADEN-------------------- Coming issues of TURKIC LANGUAGES: Contributions to the next issue of TURMC LANGUAGES will include a report by Dan I. Slobin on current developments in Turkish developmental psycholinguistics, an article by Talat Tekin on the first Alti"n Ko"l inscription, and an article by Stephen A. Wurm on Turkic-based hybrid languages in China. Coming issues will also contain contributions by Gregory Anderson, A'rpa'd Berta, Bernd Brendemoen, Christiane Bulut, E'va A. Csato', Gerhard Doerfer, Arienne Dwyer, Geoffrey Haig, Michael Hess, Gunnar Jarring, Sergej G. Kljashtornyj, Andrei Malchukov, Irina Nevskaja, Lu"tfiye Oktar, Klaus Ro"hrborn, Volker Rybatzki, Wolfgang-Ekkehard Scharlipp, Engin Sezer, Marek Stachowski, Sabira Stahlberg, and other authors. The editors are looking forward to receiving further interesting contributions. All correspondence concerning editorial matters should be sent to: Prof Dr. Lars Johanson TURKic LANGUAGES Institute of Oriental Studies University of Mainz D-55099 Mainz, Germanv Fax: +49-6131-368662 E-mail: johansonn@mzdmza.zdv.uni-mainz.de -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >From: hs Subject: London reporting *Geneva based World Economic Forum ranked countries according to their competitiveness. Top 20 most competitive countries are Singapore, Hong Kong, US, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, UK, Taiwan, Malaysia, Norway, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Chile, Japan, Indonesia, Ireland, Australia, Thailand, Finland, Denmark. This report is In contrast to the World prosperity stakes, where Britain is number 21. Ofcourse statistics prompt the question, if a country is not so prosperous, how can it be so competitive taking the example of Britain's position of 21st and 7th respectively. Manufacturing output in Britain accounts for 21% of GDP, 80% of British output is exported (64% in 1982), top export items are electrical machinery, road vehicles and office machinery (about 21% of British exports) Germany accounts for 20% of all exports from industrialised nations, followed by USA 18% and Japan 17% * Turkish Prime Minister, Necmettin Erbakan survives a censure move by the opposition parties. The whole affair was prompted by stresses caused by the built up on the attitudes to matters involving religion. Military intervened through the national council and asked Erbakan to rein-in some of the activities. It seems there maybe a sizeable majority of the Turks support military intervention, calling it a soft coup. In the minds of many people, religion is too sacred to be made a political tool by Erbakan's party, the Refah group. Refah-True Path coalition (Erbakan-Ciller) is not expected to last long and new exelctions may be called for in the late summer. *Tupolev of Russia and Iranian concerns agree on building TU-204 and TU-334 twinjets in Iran. There is a growing Iranian aircraft business which the Russians are hoping to fill. American aircraft is not available to Tehran due to embargo placed by the US Government. Russian aircraft are generally thought to be good, except for the avionics (aviation electronics) and the engines. At the recent Farnborough Air Show in England, it became obvious that the biggest problem for the Russians was the lack if skills in their marketing effort. Although there is a serious cooperation between American and Russian aircraft and engine manufacturer, biggest hurdle is the finance and national pride displayed by the Russians. It is generally thought that Russians are better at building transport aircraft than passenger varieties. It is thought that there is a wealth of design skills in Russia and CIS countries and matching this with investment opportuntities in the Middle East may provide nascent aircraft industries in Saudi Arabia. Israel is already making a good use of Russian-Jewish immigrants in her aircraft industries. ****************************************************************************