''Varlyq'' ( ; , ) is a bilingual quarterly literary magazine in Azerbaijani and Persian languages published in Tehran, Iran.

History and profile

''Varlyq'' was established by

Javad Heyat Javad Heyat (; 25 May 1925 – 12 August 2014) was an Iranian surgeon and writer. He performed the first open heart surgery in Iran and was Ayatollah Khamenei's personal physician when the latter was President of Iran in the 1980s. Heyat was the ...

with

Hamid Notghi Hamid Notghi (, 1920–1999) was an Iranian poet, writer, author, university professor. Notghi was the founder and father of modern public relations in Iran. Literary works Javad Heyat founded Varliq magazine in 1979 with Hamid Notghi. Ther ...

and Gholamhossein Bigdeli and other Iranian Azerbaijani poets and writers in 1979. Its main focus is on Turkic languages spoken in Iran, such as Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Qashqai, Khorasani, Sonqori dialects. The magazine, in addition to research areas in

Turkology Turkology (or Turcology or Turkic studies) is a complex of humanities sciences studying languages, history, literature, folklore, culture, and ethnology of people speaking Turkic languages and the Turkic peoples in chronological and comparative c ...

, focuses on written

Turkish literature Turkish literature () comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Turkish language. The Ottoman form of Turkish, which forms the basis of much of the written corpus, was highly influenced by Persian and Arabic literature,Bertold Sp ...

and

Azerbaijani literature Azerbaijani literature (, ) is written in Azerbaijani, a Turkic language, which is the official state language of the Republic of Azerbaijan, where the North Azerbaijani variety is spoken. It is also natively spoken in Iran, where the Sout ...

in Iran and its alphabet, strengthening cultural links between Persians and Azerbaijanis. It also promotes Iranian Turks' issues in academic circles such as conferences and seminars. Several contributors of the magazine were arrested by the Iranian authorities and put in

Evin prison Evin Prison () is a prison located in the Evin neighborhood of Tehran, Iran. The prison has been the primary site for detaining Iran's political prisoners since 1972, before and after the Iranian Revolution, in a purpose-built wing nicknamed "E ...

in September 2008.

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External links

Varlyq home page
1979 establishments in Iran Azerbaijani-language magazines Literary magazines published in Iran Magazines established in 1979 Magazines published in Tehran Persian-language magazines Quarterly magazines