Ulaanbaatar
Academic conference organized on Turkic cultural heritage in Mongolia
Politics
Ulaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/. As part of the visit of Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, the Minister of Culture
and Tourism of Turkiye, to Mongolia, an academic conference on "Turkic cultural
heritage in Mongolia and Tonyukuk the Wise" was held at the National
University of Mongolia on November 2, 2022.
The
Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkiye, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, participated as a
guest in the conference, which was jointly organized by the Institute of
Turkish Studies, Izmir University of Turkiye, Turkish Cooperation and
Coordination Agency (TIKA), and the National University of Mongolia.
At the
opening of the conference, Mr. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy emphasized the scientist and
researchers of the two countries joint work, saying, "The history of any
country, region, or the world is a part of science. History always changes and
renews itself during scientific research. One example is the culture and
heritage related to the Turkic period and it is a special part of the
historical monument.”
The
joint conference of Mongolian and Turkish scientists was chaired by Prof. Dr.
Birol Cetin. At the conference, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Tashagil, Shaban Dogan, and Ali
Ihsan Çaglar from the Turkish side, and Dr. A. Enkhtur, L. Erdenebold, and G.
Enkhbat from the Mongolian side gave presentations.
Regarding the presentations, the Head of the Medieval Department of the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences, Associate Prof. Dr. A. Enkhtur explained, " Tonyukuk the Wise was a historical person who was one of the founders of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate, a military general, a great political figure, and a wise minister. His monuments were first discovered and distributed to the public by European scholars in the late 19th century. The most important thing about this monument is that it records the history of the state in which the kings of the Turkic period founded their country from many aspects, and it is unique data on the history of the nomadic civilization. In this sense, the Turkic period is a part of the history of Central Asia including Mongolia."
