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Department of “Folkore of Turkic nations”
Phone (+994 12) 4929248 
Fax (+994 12) 4981621  
E-mail türk_halkları_folkloru@folklore.sciense.az 
Chief 

Afzaladdin Dagbayi oglu Asgarov  

PhD in philology
Total number of employees 9
Basic activity directions   Investigation of foklore examples of Turkic nations, the comparative analysis of the valuable folklore monuments, definition of archetypes and historical development stages of Common Turkic folklore texts, translation and publication of folklore examples of Turkic nations. 
Main scientific achievements  A.Jamil. Epos “Manas” and the tradition of Turkic telling. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2011.

Afzaladdin Asgar. Oguzname activity. Baku, Nurlan, 2013.