Dictionary of Ecology Terms of Turkic Languages presented in Baku

A presentation of the "Dictionary of Ecology Terms of Turkic Languages", published by the International Turkic Academy, has been held at Azerbaijan's Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.

Report informs that the presentation was attended by Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Vugar Karimov; President of the International Turkic Academy, Academician Shahin Mustafayev, who is the scientific supervisor of the project; International Turkic Academy expert Aynur Mayemerova, who is the project's scientific coordinator; Vice-President of ANAS, Academician Irada Huseynova; corresponding member of ANAS Zeynal Akbarov; Professor Elman Yusifov; as well as other scientists and professors.

The dictionary was prepared by a group of international experts based on a collection of terms identified and submitted by Azerbaijani professor Elman Yusifov and scientists from other Turkic-speaking countries.

The one-volume dictionary contains about 5,000 ecological terms presented in 11 languages - English, Russian and nine Turkic languages: Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Kazakh, Karakalpak, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tatar, Turkish and Turkmen.