'Existence', pronounced [vɑɾˈlɯx]) is a bilingual quarterly literary magazine in Azerbaijani and Persian languages published in Tehran, Iran.
[1][2] Varlyq was established by Javad Heyat with Hamid Notghi and Gholamhossein Bigdeli and other Iranian Azerbaijani poets and writers in 1979.
[1][3] Its main focus is on Turkic languages spoken in Iran, such as Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Qashqai, Khorasani, Sonqori dialects.
It also promotes Iranian Turks' issues in academic circles such as conferences and seminars.
Several contributors of the magazine were arrested by the Iranian authorities and put in Evin prison in September 2008.