Kafkasya Çalışmaları

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The Caucasus is a strategically important region for the global
and regional powers in terms of its geographical location. In the northern and
southern parts of the region, which is divided by the Caucasus mountains, there
are now 15 independent and autonomous political institutions of ethnic origin
and a large number of different nations in terms of language, religion, and
race. Many of these political entities have ethnic-based conflicts and border
problems with their neighbors, which date back to the period of Tsarist Russia.
These problems always keep the risk of hot conflicts that may have global and
regional effects alive. Ossetians, which are accepted from the autochthonous
peoples of the Caucasus, are the subjects of many of these conflict areas. The
Osetians are strategically more prominent among their neighbors with some of
their characteristics, especially in the case of Russia. Consequently,
researches on Osseties by the Russian government started in the 18th century,
and following the annexation of Georgia in 1801. Thus, so far, many academic
works on Russian language, history, culture, ethnic origin, relations with
neighbors have been revealed. These sources and bibliographies are important in
terms of shedding light on the researches about the political, administrative
and cultural development of Ossetians. In the aforementioned area Turkish
studies about Ossetians or works containing information are scarce. In the
mentioned fields, Turkish studies or works containing information about
Ossetians are numbered. It is important to learn and use Russian sources and
bibliography for the development of Ossetian studies in Turkey. These works are
important to shed light on the researches about the political, administrative
and cultural development of Ossetians.