Studien zur Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur der Turkv lker was founded in 1980 by the Hungarian Turkologist Gy rgy Hazai. The series deals with all aspects of Turkic language, culture and history, and has a broad temporal and regional scope. It welcomes manuscripts on Central, Northern, Western and Eastern Asia as well as parts of Europe, and allows for a wide time span from the first mention in the 6^th century to modernity and present.