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Journal of Caucasian Studies (JOCAS) is a international academic journal published under continuous system. Manuscripts in English, Turkish and Russian on history, geography, ethnology, anthropology, linguistics, and politics of the Caucasus peoples are considered for publication.

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Research Article Minting Sovereignty: Hidden Projects of Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Circassia

Yahya Khoon ^*
February 15, 2026 Page 1-20

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Book Review Caucasian Albania: An International Handbook

Lâtife Summerer ^*
March 9, 2026 Page 21-24

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Book Review Ancient Iran and the South Caucasus

Lâtife Summerer ^*
April 14, 2026 Page 25-28

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Research Article Kafkas Murahhaslarının İstanbul Seyahati ve Kafkasya Cephesi (1918) [The Caucasian Deputies' Visit to Istanbul and the Caucasusian Front (1918)]

Mustafa Sarı
March 19, 2016 Page 75-100

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Research Article Language Policies and Minority Language Maintenance: The Case of Circassian in Turkey [Dil Politikaları ve Azınlık Dillerinin Korunması: Türkiye'deki Çerkesçe Örneği]

Emre Pshigusa ^*
May 31, 2024 Page 107-136

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Research Article Miras Dil Kavramı ve Miras Dil Konuşucuları [The Concept of Heritage Language and Heritage Language Speakers]

Yusuf Sen ^*
May 31, 2022 Page 25-44

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Research Article Sınırlı Tanınan Abhazya Cumhuriyeti ve Rusya’nın Abhazya’daki Rolü [The Limited Recognition of the Republic of Abkhazia and Russia’s Role in Abkhazia]

Muhittin Tolga Ozsaglam ^*
November 30, 2020 Page 1-22

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Research Article ICircassia Digital Capitalism and New Transnational Identities

Lars Hansen
September 19, 2015 Page 1-32

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The Movement Toward a Monolingual Nation in Russia: The Language Policy in the Circassian Republics of the Northern Caucasus

Sufian Zhemukhov , Şener Aktürk
September 19, 2015 Page 33-68

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Research Article “Prince of Circassia”: Sefer Bey Zanuko and the Circassian Struggle for Independence

Yahya Khoon
September 19, 2015 Page 69-92

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Translation Osmanlı Belgelerine Göre 18. Yüzyılın Sonlarında Kuzey ve Batı Kafkasya'da Osmanlı Politikasının Bazı Yönleri [Some Aspects of Ottoman Policies on the Northern and Western Caucasus Towards the End of the 18th Century as seen in the Ottoman Archival Materials]

Anzor Kushhabiev
September 19, 2015 Page 93-102

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Research Article Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nin Obama ve Trump Dönemi Güney Kafkasya Politikasında Güvenlik Faktörü [Security Factor in the South Caucasian Policy of the United States in the South Caucasus under Obama and Trump]

Museyib Shıralıyev ^*
May 31, 2023 Page 1-24

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Research Article Patronqmoba: Orta Çağ Gürcü Krallığı’nda Feodaliteye Genel Bir Bakış [Patronqmoba: An Overview of Feudalism in the Medieval Georgian Kingdom]

Ayşe Beyza Ercan ^*
May 31, 2022 Page 1-24

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Translation Çerkasski Prensleri veya Çerkes Mirzaları: Rusya Boyar Eliti İçinde Kabardeyler (1560-1700) [Princes Cherkasskii or Circassian Murzas: The Kabardians in the Russian Boyar Elite, 1560-1700]

Paul Bushkovitch
March 19, 2016 Page 1-32

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Research Article Circassian Genocide: Historical Legitimacy Question [Çerkes Soykırımı: Tarihsel Meşruiyet Sorunu]

Hamed Kazemzadeh ^* , Anahita Shahrokhi
November 30, 2020 Page 23-42

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Research Article 1867 Abhaz Göçüne Dair Birkaç Rus, Osmanlı ve İngiliz Belgesi

Georgy Chochiev
September 19, 2015 Page 103-158

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Research Article Bulgaristan’ın İvraca ve Rahova Kazalarında Yaşayan Çerkeslerin Nüfus Yapısı ve İktisadi Etkinlikleri (1860-1870) [Demographic Structure and Economic Life of the Circassian Settlers in the Ivraca and Rahova Regions of Bulgaria in the 1860s and 70s]

Margarita Koleva Dobreva
March 19, 2016 Page 43-74

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Research Article Kuzey Kafkasya'da Mevcut ve Potansiyel Etnik Çatışma Alanları [The Current and Potential Ethnic Conflicts in the North Caucasus]

Osman Tekir
September 30, 2016 Page 23-46

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Case Report General Musa Kunduhov’un Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’ndaki Hayatı ve Faaliyetlerine İlişkin Bazı Olgular ve Düşünceler [Some Facts and Considerations Regarding General Musa Kundukhov’s Life and Activities in the Ottoman Empire]

Georgy Chochiev
September 30, 2016 Page 1-22

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Translation Hacı Murat: Biyografi Denemesi [Hadji Murat: A Biographical Account]

Vasili Potto
March 27, 2017 Page 71-100

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Research Article 16. Yüzyıl’da Osmanlı Devleti’nin Çerkesya ile İlişkileri ve Osmanlı-Çerkes Sınırı / The Relations between the Ottoman State and Circassia in the 16th Century and the Ottoman-Circassian Border

Abidin İnci ^*
November 30, 2019 Page 1-16

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Research Article Muridism As A Stateforming Element of Imam Shamil`s Imamate (1834–1859)

Tsvetelina Tsvetkova
October 17, 2017 Page 87-110

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Research Article “Prince of Circassia”: Sefer Bey Zanuko and the Circassian Struggle for Independence

Yahya Khoon
September 19, 2015 Page 69-92

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Research Article Kuzey Kafkasya'da Mevcut ve Potansiyel Etnik Çatışma Alanları [The Current and Potential Ethnic Conflicts in the North Caucasus]

Osman Tekir
September 30, 2016 Page 23-46

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Research Article Bulgaristan’ın İvraca ve Rahova Kazalarında Yaşayan Çerkeslerin Nüfus Yapısı ve İktisadi Etkinlikleri (1860-1870) [Demographic Structure and Economic Life of the Circassian Settlers in the Ivraca and Rahova Regions of Bulgaria in the 1860s and 70s]

Margarita Koleva Dobreva
March 19, 2016 Page 43-74

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Case Report General Musa Kunduhov’un Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’ndaki Hayatı ve Faaliyetlerine İlişkin Bazı Olgular ve Düşünceler [Some Facts and Considerations Regarding General Musa Kundukhov’s Life and Activities in the Ottoman Empire]

Georgy Chochiev
September 30, 2016 Page 1-22

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Book Review Kitap Eleştirisi: Yeni Türkiye Kafkaslar Özel Sayısı

Murat Topçu (papşu)
March 19, 2016 Page 191-195

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Translation Rus Arşiv Belgeleri / Russian Archival Documents

November 30, 2019 Page 135-156

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Research Article Sovyet Sonrası 25 Yılda Türkiye’den Kuzey Kafkasya’ya Geri Dönüşün Dönüşümü: Köprüleri Yakmaktan Köprüler Kurmaya [The Transformation of Return from Turkey to the Caucasus in the 25 Years after the Soviet Union: From Burning the Bridges to Building the Bridges]

Jade Cemre Erciyes
March 27, 2017 Page 1-30

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Translation Belirsizlik Hatları: Kuzey Kafkasya Sınır Bölgeleri [Lines of Uncertainty: The Frontiers of the North Caucasus]

Thomas M. Barrett
September 30, 2016 Page 47-82

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Research Article Kafkas Murahhaslarının İstanbul Seyahati ve Kafkasya Cephesi (1918) [The Caucasian Deputies' Visit to Istanbul and the Caucasusian Front (1918)]

Mustafa Sarı
March 19, 2016 Page 75-100

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Research Article Ottoman Policies on Circassian Refugees in the Danube Vilayet in the 1860s and 1870s

Ventsislav Muchinov
September 30, 2016 Page 83-96

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Research Article Tuna Vilayeti Göçmenleri ve Midhat Paşa [Immigrants of Danube Province and Midhat Pasha]

Bekir Koç
March 27, 2017 Page 55-70

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Journal Information

e-ISSN

2149-9101

ISSN

2149-9527

Founded

2015

Publisher

Murat TOPÇU

Coordinator of Scientific Publishing

Asst. Prof. Dr. Murat Topçu
mpapsu@hotmail.com

Primary Editor

Asst. Prof. Dr. Murat Topçu
murattopcu67@hotmail.com

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Continuous Publication

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