Jesuit missionaries began studying Chinese in 16th century Europe. De Guinness's 18th century work used Jesuit translations to study Turks. Huns spread terror in Central Europe through unfamiliar battle tactics
Turkish belongs to Altay branch of Ural-Altaic family. Spoken across Central Asia, Balkans, Europe, Anatolia, Iraq and northern Africa. Over 1.5 million speakers in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece. About 3 million speakers in Germany and northern Europe
Turkish uses Latin characters with 29 letters. Six letters (ç, ğ, ı, ö, ş, ü) are unique to Turkish. Turkish alphabet is phonetic with consistent letter sounds
Journal covers Turkish, Linguistics, Literature, Ancient history and Politics. Turkish research accounts for 6.97% of total publications. Literature focuses particularly on Poetry
Hungarians originated from Ural region in central Russia. They migrated across Eastern European steppe and conquered Carpathian Basin. Hungarians are genetically related to Finns and Estonians
Study covers all Turkish languages before Mongolian invasion in 13th century. Early period covers 8th to 12th centuries. Only words directly borrowed from Indian, Iranian, and Semitic languages excluded