This volume contains a collection of scholarly papers presented to Professor Bernt Brendemoen on the occasion of his 60th birthday by colleagues and students in the field of Turcology, the study of Turkic languages and literatures. The topics include Turkic syntax, phonology, sociolinguistics, contact linguistics, historical linguistics, the cultural context of the development of Turkish, Turkish varieties in Turkey and European immigrant communities, etc. A number of papers are devoted to literary topics. With references.