0 forum postASTANA (KazInform) — Darkhan Kydyrali has been appointed for the second term as President of the International Turkic Academy, the Academy’s website announced.
- Darkhan Kydyrali
Heads of State expressed gratitude to the Turkic Academy for the job done at the VI Summit of the Turkic Council, held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan. President of the Turkic Academy Darkhan Kydyrali has been appointed there for the second term. Those gathered highly appreciated the Academy’s work done. In particular it carried out archaeological excavations, developed the Common History of the Turks manual, realized Heritage of Ancestors, Turkbarometer projects, held large events at the UN and UNESCO, international forums, published more than 90 scientific works and books.
The International Turkic Academy is an academic centre coordinating scientific researches on the language, literature, culture, history of Turkic people from ancient times to the present-day and evaluating the contribution of the Turkic civilization to the human civilization based on indigenous sources. The academy aims to boost the scientific cooperation across the Turkic world, help the initiatives of scholars from Turkic-speaking states and organize academic meetings on a regular basis.
The International Turkic Academy has signed around 40 memorandums with research institutions and turkological centres. The list includes the Hungarian National Academy of Sciences and its research centres, National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Mongolian Academy of Sciences and its research institutions, and research centres of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In addition, the Academy has strong relationships with top universities of South Korea, USA and Turkey, as a result, a number of outstanding projects are being carried out in collaboration with almost 100 foreign turkologist-scholars. International Turkic Academy has established partnerships with Turkic Council, TurkPA, Turksoy, and with Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) as well.
