The panel session titled "Dynamics of the Development of Turkic Languages: A Historical and Philological Perspective" was held as part of the Turkic World Week dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the First Turkological Congress, APA reports.
Speaking at the panel session, Director of the Atatürk Center in Azerbaijan, Academician Nizami Jafarov, said that all Turkic peoples participating in the First Turkological Congress were represented by their own independent languages. According to him, those languages differed from one another in certain characteristics.
President of the Turkish Language Association Osman Mert, in turn, said that there is a need to establish a common language institution for the Turkic states. He noted that modern technologies have reached such a level that many issues envisioned during the First Turkological Congress 100 years ago can now be realized.
Director of the Eurasian Institute of Turkic Studies, Professor Inkyong Oh, said in his speech that the First Baku Turkological Congress was not merely a meeting on alphabet reform, but a historic initiative aimed at uniting Turkic peoples within a common intellectual space. He emphasized that the time has come to move from classical Turkological to the modern "Turkic World Regional Studies" model.
Head of the Department of Uzbek Literary Studies at the National University of Uzbekistan, Professor Hamidulla Boltabayev, emphasized the significance of the First Turkological Congress in his speech. He said he positively assesses the measures implemented by the Turkic states in this direction and the steps taken to develop cooperation.
Professor Gulgaysha Sagidolda of the Eurasian National University also stressed the importance of further expanding scientific and cultural cooperation across the Turkic world.
The panel session continued with discussions.
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