Sandgrouse is published by OSME and contains papers and short notes on the ornithology of the OSME region, provides bird and conservation news from the region and a comprehensive round up of bird sightings in the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Sandgrouse Volume 11 1989

| iii | Editorial |
| 1 | Turkey Bird Report 1982–6 |
| R. P. Martins | |
| 42 | Turkey’s bird habitats and ornithological importance |
| Y. Sancar Bariş | |
| 52 | An overview of bird conservation in Turkey |
| H. Reşit Akçakaya | |
| 57 | Important bird areas in Turkey: unprotected and under threat |
| R. F. A. Grimmett, M. Kasparek, A. Kılıç and A. Ertan | |
| 67 | International conservation treaties and Turkey’s birdlife |
| John Temple Lang | |
| 73 | Protection of the Sultan marshes, Turkey |
| Uygar Özesmi | |
| 76 | Importance of the Çukurova deltas, southern Turkey, for migrating waders and other waterbirds in spring |
| T. M. van der Have, V. M. van den Berk, J. P. Cronau and M. J. Langeveld | |
| 89 | Breeding distribution of the Rook Corvus frugilegus in Turkey |
| Max Kasparek | |
| 95 | Corrections |
Editorial Board
Editor: Duncan J. Brooks
Editorial Committee: Mark Boyd, Michael Evans, David Fisher, Michael C. Jennings, Rodney Martins
