Turkish Scholar Abduakap Kara Delivers a Guest Lecture at ENU

A guest lecture by Abduakap Kara, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Turkish scholar, and researcher of Mustafa Shokay’s legacy, was held at the Department of History of Kazakhstan at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University.

The lecture, entitled “Researching Mustafa Shokay’s Legacy: From Archives to Digital Research,” brought together faculty members, scholars, doctoral students, and master’s students interested in the development of historical scholarship and modern approaches to studying historical heritage.

The event was attended by Omirbay Bekmagambetov, Dean of the Faculty of History at ENU; Associate Professor Zhabay Kaliyev; Professors Zadash Dukenbayeva and Gulnara Musabalina; Yerke Kartabayeva; Kanat Yensenov, Associate Professor at the Department of Golden Horde Civilization; Associate Professor Samal Kabyltaeva; senior lecturers Nurzhan Konyrbayev and Ayagoz Nurmanova; historian Meruert Tlebaldiyeva; as well as doctoral and master’s students of the university. A guest lecture organized by the Department of History of Kazakhstan featured Professor Abdiuakap Kara, a Doctor of Historical Sciences and a prominent researcher of Mustafa Shokay’s legacy, who came from Istanbul, Türkiye.

During the lecture, Professor Abdiuakap Kara discussed the concept of «Artificial Intelligence» and proposed using the Kazakh expression «жасанды зерде» («artificial intellect») as a term rooted in the national language. He elaborated on the importance of adopting and promoting this terminology, ways of strengthening national unity in the context of contemporary globalization, the significance of humanity and diligence in scientific work, and the effective use of digital data.

The scholar also noted that he had prepared digital PDF versions of all 117 issues of the journal Yash Turkestan, which was published between 1929 and 1939. He also shared his view that «a historian is the advocate of the state and the nation».

Concluding the guest lecture, Kuralai Otaubayevna Seitkazina, Head of the Department, expressed her sincere gratitude to the visiting scholar on behalf of the Faculty for supporting doctoral students enrolled in the History educational programme in his capacity as an international academic adviser.