Dear Colleagues,

Khoja Ahmad Yasawi International Kazakh – Turkish University, Social Sciences Faculty has organized a congress on "The Future of the Turkic World in the Era of Globalization : Opportunities and Threats", INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCES CONGRESS: TURKESTAN FORUM III. The event will be held between 26-28 April 2017. Our congress will mainly focus, from a scientific look, on the social, economic, jural etc., changes of Turkic Republics that gained their independence and the role of Turkish Republic in these changes after the collapse of The Soviet Union. Our congress, we believe, is more meaningful with the declaration of the Year 2016 Khoja Ahmad Yasawi by Unesco and now with Turksoy selecting Turkistan city as the "Cultural Capital of Turkic World in the year 2017."

All information concerning the congress can be obtained at http://usbk.ayu.edu.kz web address.

We very much look forward to your contributions and support.