V INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF YOUNG TURKOLOGISTS DEDICATED TO THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE I BAKU TURKOLOGY CONGRESS



V INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF YOUNG TURKOLOGISTS DEDICATED TO THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE I BAKU TURKOLOGY CONGRESS
21-24 October 2026
Turkistan / Kazakhstan
About the Conference
The V International Conference of young Turkologists, held in Baku in 1926 and dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the I Baku Turkology Congress, which marked a historical turning point in determining the integrity of the Turkic world in terms of language, literature, art, history and culture, is planned to be held offline in Turkestan on May 13-16, 2026 in cooperation with Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Ordu University and the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation (Türk mədəniyyəti və Irsi Fondu). During the conference, students of bachelor, master and doctoral degrees at the international level will make Scientific Reports in Turkestan which is the spiritual capital of Turkic world on actual topics from ancient Turkic to modern Turkic written languages, from ancient Turkic literature to modern Turkic world literature, from ancient Turkic history to modern Turkic world history, as well as from ancient Turkic folklore, art and culture to folklore, art and culture of the modern Turkic world.
Main Topics of the Conference
• I Baku Turkology Congress of 1926
• Historical Turkic written languages
• Modern Turkic written languages
• Turkic language, literature, history, art, and folklore • Kazakh language, literature, history, art, and folklore
• Azerbaijani language, literature, history, art, and folklore
• Uzbek language, literature, history, art, and folklore
• Kyrgyz language, literature, history, art, and folklore
• Turkmen language, literature, history, art, and folklore
• Literature of the Turkic world
• Folklore of the Turkic world
• History of the Turkic world
• Turkology and digital technologies
• Turkology and artificial intelligence
• Turkology and Turkic states
• Turkology and international organizations
• Turkology in the 21 st century
The conference, which will be held from May 13 to 16, 2026 at Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, can be attended by undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students studying in the field of philology and social sciences by making an oral report or by poster presentation.