The New Independent States in Inner Asia and Turkey's Policy
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Executive Summary (PDF format) | ||
| Chapter I | : | Introduction |
| Chapter II | : | Historical, Cultural Concept of Inner Asia in World History |
| Chapter III | : | Geography and Climate of the Region |
| Chapter IV | : | Prehistory and the Early Inhabitants of Inner Asia |
| Chapter V | : | Ethnicity: Turks, Mongols and Others |
| Chapter VI | : | Altaic and Turkic Languages |
| Chapter VII | : | Major Events Relevant to Inner Asian Political History up to 11th Century |
| Chapter VIII | : | Culture, Social Structure and Religion in Inner Asia up to 11th Century |
| Chapter IX | : | Turkization of Asia Minor, Formation of Anatolian Seljuks, Ilkhanites and Emergence of the Ottoman Empire |
| Chapter X | : | Central Asia Between 12th and 16th Centuries |
| Chapter XI | : | Central Asia from the Sixteenth Century to Russian Invasion |
| Chapter XII | : | Major Events Relevant to Inner Asian History from 12th Century to 19th Century |
| Chapter XIII | : | Historical Concept, Geography and the Early History of Azerbaijan |
| Chapter XIV | : | Major Events Relevant to Azerbaijani History from Ancient Times up to 1830 |
| Chapter XV | : | The Roots of the Russian State System and Policies towards the Non-Russian Lands |
| Chapter XVI | : | Russian Invasion of Azerbaijan and the Concept of Azerbaijani Identity |
| Chapter XVII | : | Russian Rule over Central Asia between 1861-1921 |
| Chapter XVIII | : | Central Asia Under Soviet Rule |
| Chapter XIX | : | Social Changes and Developments in Central Asia during the Soviet Period |
| Chapter XX | : | Economic Developments in Central Asia, 1922-1989 |
| Chapter XXI | : | Political Developments in Central Asia during the Soviet Rule |
| Chapter XXII | : | Azerbaijan under Soviet Rule 1922-1985 |
| Chapter XXIII | : | Demise of the USSR, Basic Reasons and Impacts |
| Chapter XXIV | : | End of Soviet Rule in Azerbaijan and Political Developments up to 1998 |
| Chapter XXV | : | Central Asia after Independence |
| Chapter XXVI | : | Country Profiles |
| Chapter XXVII | : | Energy |
| Chapter XXVIII | : | Relations between the Republic of Turkey and NISIA Countries after the Dissolution of the USSR |
| Chapter XXIX | : | Scenarios for Central Asia and Azerbaijan |
| Chapter XXX | : | Conclusion |
| Contributing Papers | ||
| Republic of Azerbaijan | ||
| Azerbaijan on the Threshold of the Third Millennium; A Political-Economic Survey | ||
| Historical Development of Kazakhstan; Problems and Alternatives | ||
| Kazakhstan, Past and Present | ||
| Kyrgyzstan, on the Way to Democracy and Market Economy | ||
| Kyrgyzstan, Yesterday and Today | ||
| Past and Future of Turkmenistan; A brief History of the Country Starting from the Ancient Stages of History | ||
| Role of the State in Political-Legal Reforms | ||
| What kind of Society Do We Build? | ||
| Bibliography | ||
| Few Words about Osman Aray and B. Baykal Eyyuboglu | ||
| Maps | ||
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