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I. Topics in Turkic Languages: International workshops=20
November 2003- January 2004 at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul=

Between November 2003 and January 2004, a series of international worksho=
ps was convened at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul by Professo=
r Lars Johanson, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, Professor =
=C9va =C1gnes Csat=F3, Uppsala University, Sweden, and Professor Nurettin=
 Demir, Baskent University, Ankara. The participants at the workshops wer=
e scholars and graduate students working in the field of Turkic languages=
 at universities in Turkey (Istanbul: Bosporus University, Istanbul Unive=
rsity, Y=FDld=FDz University, Fatih University; Ankara: Baskent Universit=
y, Hacettepe University, Gazi University; Nigde University) and in other =
countries (Tokyo University, Japan, Osnabr=FCck University, Germany, Univ=
ersity of Michigan, USA, Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany, School o=
f Oriental and African Studies, London, Great Britain, Uppsala University=
, Sweden).

The workshops were held on November 1, November 15, December 20 and Janua=
ry 3. They served as a forum for discussing on-going projects on topics i=
n Turkic languages and varieties and for planning new international co-op=
erations and networks. Graduate students had the opportunity to establish=
 contacts with scholars working at other universities. Information on rec=
ent publications was also presented at the meetings. Mehmet =D6lmez infor=
med about his series of publications. Nurettin Demir and Emine Yilmaz pre=
sented a new series including Turkish translations of important works on =
Turkic languages written by non-Turkish scholars.=20

The presentations given at the workshops included a wide range of topics:=
 Sevgi Agcag=FCl =91Postverbs in Turkish=92, Sema Aslan =91Nouns and adje=
ctives in Turkish=92, Nazmiye =C7elebi =91Instrumental analysis of the in=
tonational pattern of yes-no questions in the Turkish dialects of Cyprus=92=
 and =91The diminutive suffix in the Turkish and Greek dialects of Cyprus=
=92, =C9va =C1. Csat=F3 =91Analysis of some Kashkay texts=92, Nurettin De=
mir =91The use of optative in the dialects of Cyprus=92, S=FCer Eker =91T=
he history of Turkish military terminology=92, Tooru Hayasi =91Some findi=
ngs out of a questionnaire survey at a Gesamtschule in Kreuzberg=92, Lars=
 Johanson =91Bilateral influences in South East Turkic and Eastern Persia=
n verb systems=92, Aysenur Kolivar =91Characteristics of the dialect of R=
ashot=92, Mehmet Kutalmis =91On the dialect of Afyon=92, Astrid Menz =91C=
onditional clauses in the dialect of Erzurum=92, Gerjan van Schaaik =91Ar=
e =F6nce =91before=92 and sonra =91after=92 adverbs or postpositions in T=
urkish?=92, Emine Y=FDlmaz =91Some prelimina
 ry thoughts on the lexical stock and syntactic features of Kisas-i Enbiy=
a=92, Sevim Y=FDlmaz =D6nder =91Loan syntax in Tevarih-i Ali Sel=E7uk=92.=
=20

Lars Johanson and =C9va =C1. Csat=F3 were invited to a special celebratio=
n of the 80th anniversary of the Turkish Republic at Baskent University i=
n Ankara. On this occasion lectures were held by the President of the Tur=
kish Language Foundation, Professor Haluk S. Akalin, Professor Nevzat G=F6=
zayd=FDn and =C9va =C1. Csat=F3, who informed about the new distance cour=
ses in Turkish at Uppsala University.

In a following exchange of views, Professor Mustafa Isen of the Ministry =
of Culture, emphasized that the Ministry supports the internationalizatio=
n of research and higher education in Turcological studies and that the s=
eries of workshops held in Istanbul is a very positive initiative in this=
 regard.

The organizers and participants thank the director of the Swedish Researc=
h Institute, Professor Karin =C5dahl, for the hospitality. The Auditorium=
 of the Institute provided a most convenient setting for the meetings.

Appendix. List of participants

"Sevgi Agcag=FCl" l@web.de>
"Z. Ceyda Arslan" <arslance@boun.edu.tr>
"Sema Aslan" <semaslan@yahoo.com>
"Nazmiye =C7elebi" <ncelebi@hotmail.com>
"Prof. =C9va =C1. Csat=F3" <eva.csato-johanson@afro.uu.se>
"T=FClay Culha" <culhatulay@hotmail.com>
"Prof. Nurettin Demir" <ndemir@baskent.edu.tr>
"=D6zlem Demirel" <odemirel@inonu.edu.tr>
"Prof. Ann Denwood" <manndenwood@yahoo.co.uk>
"Prof. Hayati Develi" <h-develi@iku.edu.tr>
"Enfel Dogan" <enfel@istanbul.edu.tr>
"Prof. Musa Duman" <musduman@istanbul.edu.tr>
"Mustafa Durmus" <mdurmus@gazi.edu.tr>
"S=FCer Eker" <suereker@yahoo.com>
"Prof. Mevl=FCt G=FCltekin" <mevlutgultekin@yahoo.com>
"Prof. Mehmet G=FCm=FCsk=FDl=FD=E7" <mgumuskilic@fatih.edu.tr>
"Prof. Tooru Hayasi" <hayasi@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
"Prof. Lars Johanson" <johanson@uni-mainz.de>
"Fatih Kemik" <fatihkemik@hotmail.com>
"Aysenur Kolivar" <komniroz@yahoo.com>
"Feryal Korkmaz" <eferyal@yahoo.com>
"Prof. Mehmet Kutalm=FDs" <mkutalmis@fatih.edu.tr>
"Prof. Astrid Menz" <astridmenz@e-kolay.net>
"Prof. Cihan Okuyucu" <okuyucu@fatih.edu.tr>
"Prof. Mehmet =D6lmez" <molmez@yildiz.edu.tr>
"SinanOtlu" <mgotlu@hotmail.com>
"Prof. Gerjan van Schaaik" <schaaik@umich.edu>
"Prof. Christoph Schroeder" <ck.schroeder@web.de>
"ErsinTerez" <bahceci_2000@yahoo.com>
"Prof. Fikret Turan" <fturan@halic.edu.tr>
"AndreasWaidel" <annowa@web.de>
"Fikret Y=FDld=FDr=FDm" <yildirimfikret@yahoo.com>
"Prof. Emine Yilmaz" <eminey@hacettepe.edu.tr>
"Sevim Y=FDlmaz-=D6nder" <ondersev@yahoo.com>
"Beste Yolcu" <paspalist@yahoo.com>

Eva Csato=20

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II. CONF. PROCEEDINGS- Globalism and Traditionalism in the Caucasus, Nov.=
 2003

The Third International Conference in the series "Open and Closed Society=
;=20
Conflict and Dialogue"

The conference took place near Moscow 24th to 28th November 2003, five da=
ys=20
inclusive, with the title: Globalism and Traditionalism as Competing Vect=
ors=20
in the Development of Ethnic Cultures in the Caucasus". It was organized =
by=20
the International Research Institute of Caucasian Peoples which is based =
in=20
Tbilisi, with their Moscow colleagues. Most publications are in Russian, =

including their journal "Adat"

The website in Russian for the conference is:
<http://moscowconference.adat.ge>

A brief summary of this interesting conference follows but for more=20
information both on the Institute and the Conference:

E-mail: info@adat.ge.
Address:
International Research Institute of Caucasian Peoples (MNIINK)
6, Griboyedov Street
Tbilisi 0104
Georgia
Tel: +995 (32) 99 63 57

There were scholars from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Great Britain, France,=20
Germany, Georgia, Holland, Iran, Poland, Russian Federation, Syria, the U=
SA=20
and Japan. Participants from the North Caucasian Republics were well=20
represented as were the major religions.

Among the themes which were discussed in three sections and a final plenu=
m:

- The content and social functions of globalism and traditionalism in the=
=20
context of their practical aspects within the cultural space of the=20
Caucasian peoples and their geopolitical surroundings
- Perspectives for dialogue and coexistence between open and closed=20
societies during the rapid expansion of globalism
- The possibilities of regulating military-political, ethnic and religiou=
s=20
conflicts, and in particular the Russian-Chechen conflict.

The three sections in which the above points were discussed were:

1) philosophical and methodological approaches
2) religious and political approaches
3) social-anthropological approaches, while the concluding session discus=
sed=20
in particular the work of Hodj-Ahmed Nukhiev.

More general discussion was focused in the concluding remarks on what cou=
ld=20
be drawn from the debates for their implications in practice and for rese=
arch.

Tamara Dragadze, London, UK