BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 29. The opening ceremony
of the Turkic World Week, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the
First Turkological Congress, is being held on June 29 at the Heydar
Aliyev Center, Trend’s correspondent reports from the event.
Farah Aliyeva, Head of the Humanitarian Policy, Diaspora,
Multiculturalism and Religious Issues Department of the
Presidential Administration, read out President Ilham Aliyev’s
address to the participants of the Turkic World Week dedicated to
the centenary of the First Turkological Congress.
The week-long series of science and culture events is being
organized in line with President Ilham Aliyev’s decree dated
October 22, 2025, on marking the 100th anniversary of the First
Turkological Congress.
The First Turkological Congress was held in Baku in 1926. The
initiative to commemorate its 100th anniversary was put forward by
President Ilham Aliyev at the 12th Summit of the Organization of
Turkic States held in Gabala on October 6–7, 2025.
The Turkic World Week, which will run until July 3, is organized
jointly by the Ministry of Culture, the Azerbaijan National Academy
of Sciences (ANAS), and the Ministry of Science and Education, in
partnership with the Organization of Turkic States, TURKSOY, Baku
State University, the Turkic Academy, and the Turkic Culture and
Heritage Foundation.
The official opening ceremony brings together around 80
prominent Turkologists and scholars from various scientific centers
across 20 countries, including Turkic states, as well as
representatives of international Turkic organizations.
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