Studying the legacy of the outstanding Turkologist Nemat Kelimbetov: ENU hosted an international scientific meeting

The L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University hosted an international scientific and practical conference "Ancient Turkic Written Monuments and Issues of Language History." The event was organized within the framework of the annual traditional "Akhmet Baitursynuly Okulary".

The conference was organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kazakh Linguistics Department of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, and the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University and Nemat Kelimbetov Center of Turkology.

The purpose of the conference was to discuss the linguistic, historical and cultural aspects of ancient Turkic written monuments from modern scientific positions, analyze current trends in Turkology, as well as a comprehensive presentation of Nemat Kelimbetov's contribution to the development of Turkic studies.

The conference was attended by scientists, young researchers, doctoral and undergraduate students, teachers of colleges and universities in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Russia, Tatarstan, Korea and other countries.

The moderator of the plenary session was Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Philology, Professor Sherubai Kurmanbayuly. The work of the conference began with the announcement of congratulations: congratulations from ENU Rector Yerlan Sydykov were conveyed by the Dean of the Faculty of Philology Serikzat Duisengazy; congratulations from Rector of Abay KazNPU B.Tilep – by Dean of the Faculty of World Languages Edilbai Ospanov; congratulations from the President of Sh.Mustafayev International Turkic Academy – by Vice-President of the Agadil Toishan organization.

The State Prize laureate, Doctor of Philology, Professor Sauytbek Abdrakhmanov, member of the National Kurultai, General Director of Kazak Gazetteri LLP, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan Dikhan Kamzabekuly addressed the plenary session.

The conference participants heard scientific reports by Doctor of Philology, Turkologist Adil Akhmetov; literary scholar, Turkologist Shakir Ibrayev; Professor of Nazarbayev University Yulai Shamiloglu; Professor of Bashkent University Süer Eker; Professor of the Institute of Studies of the Turkic World of the Aegean University Ibraim Shahin; Professor of Gümüşhane University Jikhangir Kyzylozen; Doctor of Philology Havaskhon Shokirova; Doctor of Philology, Professor of The L.N. Gumilyov ENU Bekzhan Abdualiuly.

The breakout sessions of the conference worked in four directions:

"Topical issues of modern Turkology and the scientific heritage of Nemat Kelimbetov"; "Trends in the development of modern linguistics: theory and practice"; "Methods of teaching language and literature"; "Literature and culture of the Turkic peoples".

"Ancient Turkic written monuments are inscriptions of the V-X centuries containing valuable information about the history, culture and literature of the ancient Turks. It was scientists such as the outstanding Turkologist Nemat Kelimbetov who deeply studied these inscriptions, determined their content and meaning, and also brought ancient poetic texts to our days," Sherubai Kurmanbayuly, moderator of the conference said.

The presentation of the book "Turkic Financial and Commercial Vocabulary", which is a historical and comparative study, took place within the framework of the conference. The publication analyzes the terms and names of the financial and economic sphere – from ancient and medieval Turkic written monuments to modern Turkic languages. In addition, the book mainly includes native Turkic words used in modern Kazakh financial and economic terminology. Along with them, early borrowings from Arabic, Persian, Mongolian, Chinese and Russian are considered, indicating their original meanings.

The international conference provided an opportunity to rethink the ancient Turkic written monuments and the history of the Turkic languages, determine the role of Nemat Kelimbetov in the development of Turkology, literary studies and research of the Turkic worldview, strengthen the linguistic and cultural unity of the Turkic world, and identify areas for improving the teaching methods of philological disciplines.