Today, on June 4, a scientific and cultural event organized by the Turkic Academy was held at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in the Turkish city of Çanakkale, as part of an international series of meetings dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the First Turkology Congress, which took place in Baku in 1926.
Within the framework of the program, an exhibition was organized featuring scientific publications of the Turkic Academy, as well as archival photographs and materials prepared by the Academy, reflecting the history and legacy of the First Turkology Congress.
Among the exhibited works was the “Album of the 1926 Baku Turkology Congress,” published in six Turkic languages. The publication contains information about 131 delegates of the historic congress.
Also presented was the book “Archival Documents of the 1926 Baku Turkology Congress,” published in Turkish and Russian, based on unique archival materials that shed light on the historical context and significance of the Congress.
A special place in the exhibition was given to the presentation of the Turkic Academy’s translated edition of the book “The Battle That Changed History – Çanakkale 1915,” into Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Uzbek. The publication covers the military and strategic aspects of the Battle of Çanakkale, the fates of those who took part in the front, as well as themes of heroism and self-sacrifice.
The event was attended by the President of the Turkic Academy, Prof. Dr. Shahin Mustafayev, the Rector of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Prof. Dr. R. Cüneyt Erenoğlu, Turkologists, researchers, and representatives of Türkiye’s academic community.
In his speech, President of the Turkic Academy noted that many issues discussed in Baku a century ago—such as the development of Turkology, the rapprochement of Turkic peoples through science and education, and the formation of a common scientific terminology and a common alphabet—are once again at the center of academic attention today.
In this regard, the Head of the Academy recalled that in 2023, under the coordination of the Turkic Academy, the Commission on the Common Turkic Alphabet was established, bringing together representatives of official bodies responsible for language policy in the Turkic countries. As a result of its work, the Common Turkic Alphabet was adopted in 2024.
“The Academy is currently working on more than 50 scientific projects. A significant number of these projects are directly related to the topics discussed at the 1926 Baku Turkology Congress. These include terminological dictionaries of Turkic languages, the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkic Mythology, the Catalogue of Turkic Runic Monuments, the project “Sacred Geography of the Turkic World: Archaeological and Architectural Monuments,” as well as many other fundamental publications. Work on the project “History of Turkic States” is also ongoing,” he said.
Participants of the event noted that, a century after the First Turkology Congress, issues of linguistic, scientific, and cultural interaction remain highly relevant, while the activities of the Turkic Academy demonstrate a shift from discussing shared ideas to their practical implementation at the international level.
