BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 10. On June 10, 2025, the official opening of the International Exhibition “Divan-i Lughat at-Turk” took place at Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, within the framework of the 2nd International Symposium of Restorers and Architectural Historians of the Turkic World. The event was organized with the support of the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation and the Akimat of Turkistan Region, TurkicWorld reports.
The exhibition is dedicated to the 950th anniversary of the renowned 11th-century work - the comprehensive Turkic encyclopedic dictionary Divan-i Lughat at-Turk, authored by the distinguished Turkic scholar and thinker Mahmud al-Kashgari. The cultural segment of the event featured the musical performance “Myn zaman – bir Turkistan”, symbolizing the spiritual unity and shared cultural heritage of the Turkic peoples.
This encyclopedic work contains invaluable information in various fields such as linguistics, history, literature, art, ethnography, mineralogy, chemistry, botany, geography, biology, zoology, and more. It remains a fundamental testament to the richness and depth of Turkic civilization.
It is worth noting that as part of the 950th anniversary celebrations of Divan-i Lughat at-Turk, the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation has already organized exhibitions in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Türkiye. The Foundation also plans to hold similar exhibitions in other Turkic countries and beyond, with the goal of promoting and popularizing the shared cultural heritage of the Turkic world on the international stage.
