Turkic cultural figures receive First Turkology Congress medal

A group of cultural and public figures from Turkic countries has been awarded the "100th Anniversary of the First Turkology Congress (1926–2026)" commemorative medal, Report informs.

The award ceremony took place in Baku as part of Turkic World Week, which is dedicated to the centenary of the First Turkology Congress.

Among the recipients were Azerbaijani academics Rafael Huseynov and Nizami Jafarov, Rector of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Zhanseit Tuimebayev, President of Türkiye's Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History Professor Derya Örs, President of the Turkish Language Association Osman Mert, Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Manuscripts of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan Kakajan Janbekov, and other distinguished representatives of the Turkic world.