Prof.Dr. YücelÖztürk and I were asked to evaluate the book “The Cossack period in Ukraine's history in Ottoman Turkish written sources” prepared by Ferhad Turanly to be promoted to the position of Professorship1. I evaluated his works for this purpose. Turanly’s session which introduced his dissertation about Cossack-Ukraine relationship took our attention (Turkish scholars) in many ways. Turanly in this study explains Cossack’s past from Ottoman-Turkish sources and refers to Turkish history. Therefore, our committee decided to advertise Turanly’s work. My presentation about this topic at Taras Shevchenko State University on 12th of October 2017 and my review on Turanly’s dissertation about the Cossacks in Ukrainian history, which was written in the light of Ottoman-Turkish sources, are included in the following part of this paper.
