akish lived from 1940 to 1966 in turkey where he was involved with the diaspora national movement. his pamphlet “problems of idel-ural and soviet imperialism” printed in 1963 received great attention and provoked repercussions in the ussr in the form of two books, one ostensibly written by the president of the tatar assr, salikh batiyev in 1977. in 1966 ali akish joined the tatar-bashkir service of radio liberty, inc. in 1983, he retired from this position and went again to ankara. over the years he wrote numerous articles in emigree publications and other forums such as turk kulturu, and in 1985 published a 59 page booklet, similar to his first, called "idel-ural'da hurriyet mucadelesi" (struggle for freedom in idel-ural).