Marziyya Najafova, senior researcher of the "Azerbaijan period of independence" Department of the Institute of Literature after ANAS Nizami Ganjavi, Doctor of Philology, associate professor, Konul Hajiyeva, Doctor of Philosophy, associate professor of the institute, leading researcher of the "Common beginning and renaissance period of Azerbaijani literature" Department of the institute February 16-18 participated in the International conference on "Imagining the Future of Diyarbakir in the 100th Year of the Republic" jointly organized by Tigris University, Diyarbakir Governorship, Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality and Science Dissemination Society in Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Marziyya Najafova spoke during the conference's opening and closing sessions, discussing the familial links between Azerbaijan and Turkey, as well as the issue of homeland in both nations' literature. Listeners and organizers responded enthusiastically to both accounts.