IAU HOSTED KYRGYZ STATE UNIVERSITIES

Kyrgyzstan’s Işenaalı Arabayev State University and Bübüsara Beyşenaliyeva State Culture and Art University visited Istanbul Aydın University. The visit of the delegations consisted of a four-part program: an international cooperation agreement meeting, a conference, an exhibition, and a concert.

As a result of the work carried out by the faculty member of the Turkish Language and Literature Department, Dinara Duisebayeva, and Kyrgyz journalist writer Nurlanbek Karypbay Uulu together with our University’s International Academic Relations Coordination, an international cooperation agreement, at the center of which will be the Turkish Language and Literature Department, was signed on November 28, 2022, between our University, the Kyrgyz State Culture and Art University named after Bübüsara Beyşenaliyeva, and the Kyrgyz State University named after Işenaalı Arabayev.

The two delegations, welcomed by Istanbul Aydın University Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Zafer Aslan, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Prof. Dr. Tarık Oğuzlu, Turkish Language and Literature Department Head Prof. Dr. Kâzım Yetiş, Dr. Lecturer Member Dinara Duisebayeva, and Event Coordinator Aslı Seyhan, attended a meeting between 09:00-11:00 in D Block Oval Hall, which included introductions, a presentation of the university, discussion of cooperation areas, the cooperation agreement, and the presentation of a certificate of appreciation. The Rector of the Kyrgyz State Culture and Art University named after Bübüsara Beyşenaliyeva, Prof. Dr. Mamaşarip Çotonov, could not attend the meeting due to falling ill during his business trip to Europe, and the delegation was represented by the Dean of the Faculty of Music, Kyrgyzstan State Artist and Manasçı Assoc. Prof. Dr. Samat Köçörbayev.

At the meeting, which was also attended by EURAS, ERASMUS, and Short-Term Exchange Program coordinators, as well as the deputy deans of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the delegation of the Kyrgyz State University named after Işenaalı Arabayev, consisting of Prof. Dr. Cayna Sadıkbek Kızı (Vice Rector Responsible for Youth and Sports), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Talant Rısbayev (Head of the Department of Manas Science), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gülzada Abdaliyeva (Faculty Member of the History Department), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Venera Cumaliyeva (Faculty Member of the Kyrgyz Language and Literature Department), and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adis Samıykanov (Deputy Director of the Institute for Training and Enhancing Academic Staff Competence), presented a letter of thanks to the Istanbul Aydın University Board of Trustees along with the cooperation agreement.

At the meeting, after the presentations by the Istanbul Aydın University ERASMUS Coordination and the Eurasian Universities Association (EURAS), topics such as joint projects, distance education modules, short-term exchange programs, language courses, joint education programs including master’s and doctoral programs, development of academic proficiency and competence, and publication activities were discussed. The guests thanked the administrative staff of Istanbul Aydın University and the academics and students of the Turkish Language and Literature Department for their contribution to strengthening and enriching the deep-rooted ties between Turkey and Kyrgyzstan.

After the meeting, in the second part of the program titled “Alphabet Studies in the Turkic World: Işenaalı Arabayev,” following the opening speeches by Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Zafer Aslan, Turkish Language and Literature Department Head Prof. Dr. Kâzım Yetiş, and guest delegations Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Cayna Sadıkbek Kızı and Faculty of Music Dean Assoc. Prof. Dr. Samat Köçörbayev, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gülzada Abdaliyeva, Faculty Member of the History Department of the Kyrgyz State University named after Işenaalı Arabayev, gave her speech on the topic “On the 140th Anniversary of His Birth: Jadidist Intellectual, Linguist, Journalist Writer Işenaalı Arabayev and His Alphabet Studies.”

The third part of the event featured a concert titled “Kyrgyz Music” by the faculty members of the Bübüsara Beyşenaliyeva Kyrgyz State Culture and Art University. At the concert, Kyrgyzstan State Artist and Manasçı Samat Köçörbayev, along with senior artists Elzar Öskönbayeva, Kutmanaalı Sultanbekov, and Bek Alaguşov, who have been awarded many certificates of appreciation and awards for their contributions to the preservation, education, and development of Kyrgyz folk music, presented a rich repertoire of thirteen pieces. The concert attracted great interest from the faculty members and students of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, especially the faculty and students of the Turkish Language and Literature Department. The fourth part of the program consisted of the exhibition titled “On the 140th Anniversary of the Birth of Işenaalı Arabayev,” prepared by the faculty members of the History Department of the Kyrgyz State University named after Işenaalı Arabayev.