ANAS Institute of Literature after Nizami Ganjavi hosted the International Scientific Conference dedicated to the 780th anniversary of the great Turkish poet Yunus Emre. The event was attended by Counselor of Religious Services of the Turkish Embassy in Azerbaijan Zaki Yavuz Yilmaz, Director of the Baku Yunus Emre Institute Seljuk Karakilic, TIKA Baku Coordinator Fatih Yilmaz and other intellectuals.
The conference was opened by ANAS Vice-President, Director of the Institute of Literature after Nizami Ganjavi, Academician Isa Habibbayli. He said that the "Year of Nizami Ganjavi" is held in Azerbaijan by the order of President Ilham Aliyev, and in the fraternal Republic of Turkey by the order of the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 2021 is marked as the "Year of Yunus Emre and Turkish". "As the Institute of Literature, we were represented at the Yunus Emre summit in Ankara on July 12.
Then, Zaki Yavuz Yilmaz, Counselor for Religious Services of the Turkish Embassy in Azerbaijan, conveyed the greetings of Ambassador Cahit Bagci. He said that 2021 was the anniversary of the death of People's Poet, Sufi Yunus Emre, one of the most important figures of the Turkish language and culture, by UNESCO. At the same time, 2021 has been declared the "Year of Yunus Emre and Turkish." Yunus Emre is one of the founders of Anatolian knowledge.
The director of the Baku Yunus Emre Institute, Seljuk Karakilic, said that 2021 was declared the "Year of Nizami Ganjavi" in Azerbaijan and the "Year of Yunus Emre and Turkish" in Turkey. Yunus Emre "Divan" was published in Azerbaijan. Similarly, one of Nizami Ganjavi's works will be published in Turkey.
TIKA Baku Coordinator Fatih Yilmaz said in his speech that we met here today in honor of the 780th anniversary of the birth of the great Turkish poet Yunus Emre. I would like to express my satisfaction with being here on the occasion of an international scientific conference. Our common language and historical ties are the basis of the unity and brotherhood between Turkey and Azerbaijan based on the concept of "one nation, two states". The great Turkish poet Yunus Emre, one of the most important figures of the Turkish language and culture, and the great poet of Azerbaijani literature Nizami Ganjavi are among the personalities who best represent this unity and brotherhood. The proclamation of 2021 as the "Year of Yunus Emre and Turkish" in Turkey and the "Year of Nizami Ganjavi" in Azerbaijan and the events organized for this reason are important in terms of understanding our two great poets and conveying their outdated messages to the world.
Doctor of Philology, Professor Mammad Aliyev "Poetics of Yunus Emre's poetry", Doctor of Philosophy in Philology, Associate Professor Khuraman Hummatova "Human self-perception in Yunus Emre's poems", Professor of Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Orhan Kamal Tavukchu "Yunus Emre in the light of new evidence and knowledge", Professor of Sakarya University Hashim Shahin delivered a paper on "The power of the word Yunus Emre", Doctor of Philosophy in Philology Farida Valiyeva delivered a paper on "Yunus Emre and folklore".
