Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

An international scientific conference on the theme “Founders and Lessons of the First Turkological Congress: History and Modernity,” dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the First Turkological Congress, is being held at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS).

Conference participants first paid tribute at the Alley of Honor to the prominent statesman, architect, and founder of the modern independent Azerbaijani state, National Leader Heydar Aliyev, laying bouquets of flowers at his monument.

Flowers were also laid on the grave of his life partner, the distinguished ophthalmologist and scientist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva.

The participants then visited Martyrs’ Lane to honor the memory of the heroic sons of the homeland who sacrificed their lives in the struggle for Azerbaijan’s freedom and independence, placing bouquets at their graves.

Finally, the conference participants visited the “Turkish Martyrdom” memorial, paying tribute to the heroic and devoted Turkish brothers resting there and laying bouquets in their memory.

Translation by Gulhane Aghayeva, Department of Public Relations, Press, and Information, Presidium of ANAS.

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