Khazar University, the first English-language private higher education institution in Azerbaijan, has paid special attention to the promotion of the Azerbaijani language, literature, and art since its inception. Since the years of independence, the University, which has an exceptional role in the modernization of the country's education system, has organized scientific symposiums, conferences, seminars dedicated to important issues of science, education, culture and art with the participation of world-renowned scientists and intellectuals.
Language and literature policy is one of the main priorities defined by the state of Azerbaijan. The great leader Heydar Aliyev called our compatriots to speak their mother tongue and learn it, he repeatedly emphasized that literature plays an invaluable role in the life of the people, the nation, the influence of the artistic word on the society, the nation, and the people, and noted that we should be proud of it. The language and literature policy carried out by the state since the years of independence is carried out systematically and consistently by Mr. President Ilham Aliyev today. The decree issued by President Ilham Aliyev in 2004 on mass publications in Latin script is one of the most cultural and progressive events of the new era.
The issues of teaching and promoting the Azerbaijani language in the international world have entered a new stage of development. It is gratifying that at the 9th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States held in Samarkand on November 11, 2022, Mr. President Ilham Aliyev in his speech once again focused on the prestige and role of the Azerbaijani language in the international world and brought up the issue of teaching and promoting our native language in the international arena. The president's statement that the geographical borders of the Turkic world are wider and that the great Turkic world does not consist only of independent Turkish states should be evaluated as an important historical event.
The 1st International Scientific Symposium "Research on Azerbaijani Language and Literature in the Turkic World" is of special importance in terms of studying the language and literature issues of Azerbaijanis, who are a part of the culture of the Turkic peoples living in a wide geography from the Pacific Ocean to the Balkan Peninsula. The purpose of the symposium is to draw attention to the language and literature issues of Azerbaijanis living in a geopolitical position between the Eastern and Western Turks, to review the linguistic research related to the field in the Turkic world, and at the same time to review the research process of the creativity of ancient personalities, to strengthen communication between the intellectuals and researchers of the Turkic world.
We believe that the scientific symposium "Researches of Azerbaijani Language and Literature in the Turkish World" will create a bridge between Eastern and Western Turks, will make an important contribution to the research and promotion of Azerbaijani language and literature in the international world, and the Symposium will bring together valuable scientists and discuss language and literature issues every year. We hope it will become a congregation.
