On June 5, a scientific and cultural event organized by the Turkic Academy was held in Istanbul at the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA).
The event was attended by President of the Turkic Academy, Prof. Dr. Shahin Mustafayev, Director General of IRCICA, Professor Mahmud Erol Kılıç, Consul General of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Türkiye Amankul Nuridin, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Türkiye to the Organization of Turkic States Ambassador Ufuk Ekiçi, the representative of the diplomatic mission of Hungary Peter Szanto, as well as representatives of the academic and research community of Türkiye, scholars, and researchers.
Opening the event, Mustafayev emphasized that the activities of the Turkic Academy are aimed at studying the shared history, languages, literature, and culture of the Turkic peoples. He noted that the Academy implements dozens of international projects in the fields of history, archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, international relations, and digital humanities, thereby contributing to the strengthening of scientific cooperation in the Turkic world.
He further stated that the rich heritage of the Turkic world is an integral part of Islamic civilization, and that Turkology and Islamic studies complement each other, creating broad opportunities for international academic cooperation.
In turn, Kılıç highlighted the importance of research aimed at preserving and studying shared cultural heritage and expressed interest in further expanding cooperation with the Turkic Academy. During the event, experts of the Turkic Academy — Ainur Mamerova, Nurdin Useev, and Dinmuhammed Ametbek — presented the Academy’s scientific projects and shared updates on ongoing research activities.
As part of the program, an exhibition of the Turkic Academy’s scientific publications was organized. Among the featured works were the Album of the 1926 Baku Turkological Congress, published in six Turkic languages and containing information about 131 delegates of the historic congress, as well as the book Archival Documents of the 1926 Baku Turkological Congress, prepared on the basis of unique archival materials and published in Turkish and Russian.
