Varliq is a bilingual quarterly magazine in Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

 and Azari

Azerbaijani language

Azerbaijani or Azeri or Torki is a language belonging to the Turkic language family, spoken in southwestern Asia by the Azerbaijani people, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran...

 Turki published in Tehran under Prof. Javad Heyat since 1979.
Its main focus is on Turkic languages spoken in Iran, such as Azari

Azerbaijani language

Azerbaijani or Azeri or Torki is a language belonging to the Turkic language family, spoken in southwestern Asia by the Azerbaijani people, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran...

, Turkmen

Turkmen language

Turkmen is the national language of Turkmenistan...

, Qashqai

Qashqai

Qashqai are the largest group of nomadic pastoralists people of Azeri descent who mainly live in the provinces of Fars, Khuzestan and southern Isfahan on the territory of modern Iran, especially around the city of Shiraz in Fars. They speak the Qashqai language which is a member of the Turkic...

, Khorasan, Sonqor, Faridan and Abivard dialects.

The magazine, in addition to research areas in Turkology

Turkology

Turkology is a complex of humanities sciences studying languages, history, literature, folklore, culture, and ethnology of people speaking Turkic languages and Turkic peoples in chronological and comparative context...

focuses on written Turkic literature in Iran and its alphabet, strengthening cultural links between Iranian, Azari and Turkish people and promoting Turkic speaking people of Iran issues in academic circles such as conferences and seminars.