^{#smrgKİTABEVİ} The Russian, British, Chinese and Ottoman Rivalry in Turkestan: Four Studies on the History of Central - 2003

This is primarily a detailed study of the Russian and Chinese expansion in Western and Eastern Turkestan during the nineteenth century. However it also deals with the Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia, which affected greatly the fate of Turkestani Turks and the Afghan people. The Ottomans felt obliged to get involved in the problems of the Muslim States of Turkestan due to their continuous appeals for help and protection against the invading Russian and Chinese forces. (Önsöz'den)

) The Beginning of Russia's Southeast Expansion

2) Bariatinskii's Influence

3) Russia Advances and Occupies Khokand

4) Dealing with Bukhara

5) Appeals to Britain and Turkey

6) Capitulation and Consolidation

7) Russia' s Expansion Continued: Occupation of Khiva

8) Russia' s Establishment of the Trans-Caspian Military District in 1874 and Her Advance in Turkmenistan

9) The Russian Invasion of Turkmenistan

10) Conclusion