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, TurkicWorld’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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