Varlyq
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| language = Azerbaijani
Persian
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| country = Iran
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Varlyq ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ɑː|r|l|ɪ|k}} {{respell|VAR|lik}}; {{langx|az-Arab|وارلؽق|lit=Existence|translit=Vārlıq|translit-std=ALA-LC}}, {{IPA|az|vɑɾˈlɯx|pron}}) is a bilingual quarterly literary magazine in Azerbaijani and Persian languages published in Tehran, Iran.{{cite web|title=Azeri Youth During Iran's Islamic Revolution|url=https://suite.io/enver-guseynov/5kdx2zy|author=Enver Guseynov|work=Suite|accessdate=6 September 2014|date=2 August 2011}}
History and profile
Varlyq was established by Javad Heyat with Hamid Notghi and Gholamhossein Bigdeli and other Iranian Azerbaijani poets and writers in 1979.{{cite book|author=Bainbridge|title=Turkic Peoples of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdrWAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT140|accessdate=6 September 2014|date=28 October 2013|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-136-15362-4|page=140}}{{cite news|title=New governor has been appointed to Iranian eastern Province|url=http://en.apa.az/print/200624|accessdate=6 September 2014|work=Azeri Press Agency|date=5 October 2013}} 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, focuses on written Turkish literature and Azerbaijani literature 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 in September 2008.{{cite web|title=19 Azerbaijanis Arbitrarily Arrested|url=http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2008/09/19-azerbaijanis-arbitrarily-arrested/|publisher=Iran Human Rights|accessdate=6 September 2014|date=17 September 2008}}
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