General Journal of Turkish History Research is five years old!

We are proud to share this blessed news with you today. There are many people whose names we cannot mention separately here in the way our journal has reached this point. We would like to express our endless thanks to our authors, readers, our referees who do not spare their knowledge and experience from us and our team who continue this work selflessly.

We dedicated this issue to the cherished memory of Prof. Dr. Abdülkadir DONUK, who passed away last August. In addition to his contributions to the field of Turkology, Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir DONUK will always guide future generations with his lifelong struggle for the East Turkistan issue and the awareness he has created.

The Turkic World, which covers a wide geography, is suffering great socially, politically and economically. In particular, the uncertainties about the future of Crimea, which was oppressed in the Russian-Ukrainian war, and on the other hand, the Turks of Afghanistan, East Turkestan, Iraq and Syria, are at the very center of these troubles. Unfortunately, the press and media organs in Turkey almost never express these problems. It should not be forgotten that the future of the distant and adjacent Turkish communities is the future of Turkey. All over the world and in almost every period of history, masses have been tried to be brought into being, alienated from themselves, their families and their nation, and disconnected from their material and spiritual values, from the Turkic peoples whose cultures and memories have been subjected to systematic distortion, openly or implicitly. History has witnessed countless practices contrary to fundamental human rights and freedoms in Western Thrace, Cyprus, Iran, Russia and East Turkestan. Historians have great duties and responsibilities in understanding and making sense of all these developments. The principle that historians should follow on this path is; The Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who embodied thousands of years of Turkish history, said, "Writing history is as important as making history. If the writer does not remain faithful to the doer, the unchanging truth will take on a character that will surprise humanity."

As the Journal of General Turkish History Research, with this awareness, we continue to remember and remind Turkishness in our new age. In our new issue, there are a total of 25 research articles, 2 translated articles and 2 book reviews.