An international academic conference in a hybrid format on the topic "The Place of Peace and Harmony in Mahmud Kashgari's Divan Lugat at-Turk" was held at Magtymguly Turkmen State University. This was reported on the university's official website.
The event was attended by scientists from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Uzbekistan, India, Moldova and Türkiye.
The meeting discussed in detail the study of Mahmud Kashgari's work "Divan lugat at-Turk" in Turkmenistan, the place of this work as the spiritual heritage of the Turkic world in the preservation and popularization of the treasury of Turkic culture and heritage, the importance of the scholar's dictionary in the study of these Turkic languages, scientific research dedicated to the work "Divan lugat at-Turk", the reflection of humanistic values in it, as well as scientific views related to this work.
The conference included a presentation of Magtymguly Fragi's book "Ashik Bolmusham," prepared by the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation.
The conference was held in sections entitled “The Contribution of Mahmud Kashgari’s Work “Divan lugat at-Turk” to World Philology” and “The Place of Mahmud Kashgari’s Work “Divan lugat at-Turk” in the Development of Humanitarian Science.”
"Divan lugat at-Turk" ("Dictionary of the Turkic Languages") is a fundamental work by the XI century Turkic scholar and linguist Mahmud Kashgari, containing extensive data on the Turkic languages, culture, and ethnography of that time.
