Uygur, qaqauz, quzey

ToAyp 3aHeT (1958), ÄHApen KonaHHbi (1953), TeHOB reorpHH
(1959), JIıoöoBb HHMnoenib (1958), 
n era p ÜjıaHHbi (1964-
2004), TaHac KapanoöaH (1965), TnHa CıopbMa (1965), TyAO-
pa ApHayT (1970), T
iojijiio
(BaneHTHH) KapaH(J)Hjı (1972) 
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KjııOHeBbie cjıOBa: A3epöaHflacaH, T aray3 E p n , KoMpaT,
Ey/r/KaK, Maıııı n 6a»Tbi.

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ONE OF THE YOUNGEST LITERATURES-
LITERATURE BY GAGAUZ TURKS
Abstract: 
Of other Turkic people Gagauzians were late to 
form their written literature and started this process in the nine- 
teenth century. Although Azerbaijan was introduced to Gagau- 
zians in the twentieth century sources dating back to Middle Ages 
inform about the existence of Gagauz village here.
The capital of the Autonomous Republic of Gagauz Yeri 
situated in Moldovian Republic is Comrat. This region is still 
called Boujag by the people and geographic units nowadays. The 
holy place and mountain in Qebele in Azerbaijan bears the same 
name Comrat. That place had 7 Boujag villages at the beginning 
of the twentieth century. Though they decreased to 3, other to- 
ponyms bearing the name boujag were registered as well. It fal- 
sifıes the chance coincidences.
Though the development of Gagauz written literature ac- 
celerated in the fırst decades of the twentieth century given the 
translations of religious books, prayers, historical and ethnographic 
articles by a man of religion, Michael Chakir, yet the most im- 
portant change in the literature came in 1957 after the new alphabet 
was created on the basis of Cyrillic alphabet. As a result, lessons 
started to be held in mother tongue in secondary schools, newspa- 
pers were printed and text-books were published in Gagauz.
Besides Michael Chakir (1861-1938), it was Nikolay Arabaji 
(1893-1960), Nikolay Tanasoghlu (1895-1979), Dionis (Deniz) 
Tanasoghlu (1922-2006), Nikolay Baboghlu (1928-2008), Mina 
Kose (1933-99), Dmitri Karachoban (1933-86), Gavril Gaydarji 
(1937-98), Stepan Kuroghlu (1940-2011), Georgiy Tashoghlu 
(1948), Vasi Philioghlu (1949), Petr Moysa (1951), Maria Mer- 
janka (1951), Stepan Boulgar (1953), Andrey Kochanji (1953), To- 
dur Marinoghlu (1955), Petr Chebotar-Gagauz (1957), Dmitri

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Ayoghlu (Novak) (1957), Todur Zanet (1958), Lyubov Chimpo- 
yesh (1958), Petr Yalanji (1964-2004), Tanas Karachoban (1965), 
Tina Surma (1965), Tudora Arnaut (1970), Gullu (Valentin) Ka- 
ranfıl (1972) who played active role in the formation of written 
literature of Gagauz Turks.