In memory of Martyrs of 16 Azar (7th Dec.)

Iranian Protestors Leading Poll for Time Magazine “Person of the Year”

Iranian Protestors

December 3, 2009, Washington, D. C. – Time Magazine’s annual poll on who should be “Person of the Year” includes Iranian protestors in the aftermath of the June 12, 2009 elections. “For several weeks over the summer, the hordes of Iranians clogging the streets to oppose an apparently rigged presidential election gripped much of the world” said Time Magazine. “Their courage and determination in the face of a brutal government crackdown demonstrated the depth of their willingness to fight for what they believed in. “Since 1927, Time Magazine has at the end of each year featured the Time “Person of the Year”, recognizing an individual, group of individuals or idea that for better or worse had the biggest influence on the events of the past year. Previous winners have included former Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh (1951), the Hungarian Freedom Fighters (1956), Polish Human Rights activist Lech Wasela (1981) and President Barack Obama in 2008. …

Turkmens of Iran: The Turkmensahara

Dr. Abdurrahman DEVECİ
rahmandieji@yahoo.com
Ortadoğu Analiz
Ekim’09 Cilt 1 – Sayı 10
İRAN TÜRKMENLERİ: TÜRKMENSAHRA

Abstract

Although a state named Turkmensahara doesn’t exist in actual Iran, the Turkmensahara
region represents a wide territory lying within the Gulistan and Northern Khorasan States
of Iran. It is hard to give exact information about the Turkmens of Turkmensahara and
the demographic structure of the region as the social researches in Iran are not based on
ethnic roots. This study is made in order to fill this gap. The paper deals with the history,
language, demographical qualities and political roles of the Iranian Turkmens.

Türkmensahra Türkmenlerinin tarihini uzun süre birlikte yaşadıkları Türkmenistan Türkmenlerinden ayrı tutmak mümkün değildir. Türkmensahra Türkmenleri 1881’e kadar Türkmenistan ile ortak kaderi paylaşmıştır. 1881’de, Türkmenlerin Türkmenistan’daki Göktepe Kalesi’nde Çarlık Rusyası ordusuna yenilmesinden sonra, İran ve Çarlık Rusyası arasında yapılan Ahalteke anlaşması çerçevesinde, iki tarafta yaşayan Türkmenler arasına sınır çekilmiştir.

Giriş
Günümüz İran’ında Türkmensahra adında bir eyalet bulunmasa da Türkmensahra olarak kabul edilen bölge İran’ın Gülistan ve Kuzey Horasan eyaletlerini içine alan geniş bir coğrafyayı temsil etmektedir. İran tarafından yapılan sosyal içerikli araştırmalarda etnik köken baz alınmadığı için Türkmensahra Türkmenleri hakkında ve özellikle bölgenin demografik yapısı hakkında net bilgi vermek çok zordur. Sadece bölgedeki nüfus dağılımı hakkında tahminler yapılabilmektedir. …Read More Original text from PDF File

Happy Ghurban Bayram

Happy Ghurban bayram

Kanada Türk Dernekleri Federasyonu’nun amaçları şunlardır

Kanada Türk toplumunu temsil etmek ve topluma fayda sağlayacak önemli kültürel, ekonomik, eğitimsel, toplumsal ve dini faaliyetleri desteklemek ve artırmak

Kanadalılar ve Kanada’da yaşayan diğer etnik topluluklarla yakın ilişki kurmak ve kurulan ilişkileri güçlendirmek
Kişi haklarına saygılı sosyal adalete inanan demokratik, laik bir toplum oluşumuna katkıda bulunmak
Gelecekte daha iyi bir Kanada yaratılmasında Kanada-Türk toplumunun daha aktif bir rol almasını sağlamak

REGARDS PERSONS

Regard persons

Saeed Hajjarian: “There were three stages in women’s political participation in Iran prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution the first of which was aristocratic. The second was liberal and the third had characteristics of radicalism. Maryam-Firooz Farman Farma, Mahnaz Afkhami, and Ashraf Dehghani can be representatives of these three periods. All three are more or less in tune with their European role-models.”.

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Some design at Poetry Night in Toronto

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ASSIMILATION PROCESSES IN THE NATIONAL HISTORY

HANGELDI OWNUK

SENIOR RESEARCH WORKER, INSTITUTE OF HISTORY UNDER THE CABINET OF MINISTERS OF TURKMENISTAN, 61 AZADY  STREET, ASHGABAT-744000, TURKMENISTAN

  PROJECT TITILE:

  ASSIMILATION PROCESSES

 IN THE NATIONAL HISTORY

 INTRODUCTION

 CHAPTER ONE: HISTORY OF ASSIMILATION PROCESSES AND THEIR EXPLANATIONS

PART ONE: ASSIMILATED PEOPLES

1)       SUMERIANS

2)       ELAMIANS

3)       MEDIANS

4)       ANCIENT BABYLONIAN AND KELDAN CIVILIZATIONS

5)       ANCIENT PARTHIAN STATE

 PART TWO: PHASES OF ASSIMILATION PROCESSES

1)       BEFORE CHRIST

2)       AFTER CHRIST

3)       BEFORE THE SPREAD OF ISLAM

4)       AFTER THE ISLAMIC EXPANSION

5)       BEFORE THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE

6)       AFTER THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE

PART THREE: PEOPLES LIKELY TO GET ASSIMILATED

1)       UIGURS AND SALORS OF CHINA

2)       SUBJECT TURKMENS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

3)       SUBJECT KURDISH PEOPLE

4)       SUBJECT BELUCH PEOPLE

5)       SUBJECT AZERIS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

CHAPTER TWO: TRIBAL AND DYNASTIC STATES

 PART ONE: EXPANSION OF ISLAM AND THE ROLE OF TURKMENS IN ITS DEVELOPMENT

1)       ORIGINATION OF MONOTHEISM AND WORSHIP ONE GOD IN THE OGHUZ STATES

2)       GARAKHANID AND GHAZNAVID STATES OF OGHUZS

PART TWO: FROM THE EMERGENCE OF THE SELJUQS TO THE RISE OF THE SAFAVID DYNASTY

1)       STATES OF SUNNI TURKMENS( SELJUQS, KHOREZMIANS, TURKOMANS OF BLACK AND WHITE SHEEP TRIBAL CONFEDERATIONS)

2)       NON-TURKMEN DYNASTIES ( MONGOL AND GURKANIAN)

 PART THREE: FROM THE RISE OF THE SAFAVID DYNASTY TO THE EMERGNCE OF THE PAHLAVI DYNASTY

1)       STATES OF SHIA TURKMENS ( SAFAVIDS, AFSHARS AND GAJARS)

2)       ASSIMILATED TURKMENS OF GYZYLBASH TRIBAL CONFEDERATION ( THE FOLOWING NINE PRINCIPAL  TURKMEN TRIBES MAKE UP THIS CONFEDERATION: BEGDILI, GAJARS, AFSHARS, TEKKELI, USTAJLU, ZULQADYR, SAFAVID, GARABAGLY, SHAMLU, BAYANDYR AS WELL AS SOME OTHER MINOR CLANS)

 PART FOUR: GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS OF TURKIC-SPEAKING PEOPLES IN IRAN AND THEIR ORIGINS.

1)       VIEWS OF JUST AND NEUTRAL HISTORIANS ON THIS ISSUE

2)       ETHNOLOGY IN THE STUDY OF THEIR NATIONAL IDENTITY AND IN THE SOLUTION OF THIS ISSUE  

“Heiran”, Iranian Film in Toronto International Film Festival

Iranto News:

Actors in Iranian Film

The Iranian movie “Heiran” by director Shalizeh Arefpur is to compete in international film festivals in Toronto.
A rural girl named Mahi falls in love with an Afghan migrant “Heiran” and marries Heiran despite her family’s disapproval.
Baran Kowsari, Mehrdad Sadiqian, late Khosro Shakibaii, Farhad Aslani and Jaleh Sameti star in the movie.
Director assistant Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, sound recorder Sasan Nakhaei, and screenwriter Arefpur and Naghmeh Samini are among the cast members.
“Heiran” was an entry to the 27th Fajr Film Festival and was nominated for best actress, best music and best director in the first feature film section. …

NEW WAVE OF TERROR HAS BEGUN AGAINST THE SUNNIS AFTER THE MURDER OF MAMOSTA BORHAN AALI

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TURKMENSAHRA LIBERATION ORGANIZATION

Taking its last breaths following the illicit presidential elections, the Islamic Republic is applying numerous methods so as to survive.

This non-Islamic and non-republican regime puts forward the Sunni-Shiite issue in order to impress the Shiite majority with immature fantasies, whenever it encounters a problem.

However, nobody is interested in sects, religion or rituals anymore. Because of the deeds of the Islamic Republic, all the officials of the state and the government have started to hate religion. …