{"id":4497,"date":"2023-05-02T14:34:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T11:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=4497"},"modified":"2023-05-02T14:35:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T11:35:46","slug":"100th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-the-republic-of-turkey-and-the-azerbaijani-national-leader-haydar-aliyev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=4497","title":{"rendered":"100th Anniversary of the Birth of the Republic of Turkey and the Azerbaijani National Leader Haydar Aliyev"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A conference to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey and the birth of Azerbaijan\u2019s former president Haydar Aliyev was held on April 25 at the Mithat \u00c7oruh Auditorium. The event was organized by Bilkent University in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In attendance as guest speakers were Rector Prof. K\u00fcr\u015fat Aydo\u011fan, Vice Rector of Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction Prof. Akif Gasimov, Azerbaijan deputy V\u00fcgar \u0130skenderov, Azerbaijan\u2019s Ankara Embassy Undersecretary Eldar Aliyev, Bilkent University faculty member Asst. Prof. Se\u00e7kin K\u00f6stem and Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction Prof. \u0130slam Mustafayev.
In his opening speech, Rector Aydo\u011fan stated that he first visited Azerbaijan in 1992 and then again in 2022. He continued, \u201cThe change I saw was really incredible. Thus, I realized once again what political stability and a strong leadership can do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rector Aydo\u011fan stated that Haydar Aliyev, the national leader of Azerbaijan, holds a special place at Bilkent University. He went on to say that the university\u2019s founder, \u0130hsan Do\u011framac\u0131, had a special interest in the people and language of Azerbaijan as well as a close relationship with Haydar Aliyev.
Prof. Akif Gasimov said that Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk and Haydar Aliyev were geniuses who changed history and that Aliyev made a great leap in the development of Azerbaijan with his management skills, patriotism and visionary qualities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program continued with speeches by Deputy V\u00fcgar \u0130skenderov and Undersecretary Eldar Aliyev.
Dr. K\u00f6stem of the Department of International Relations followed with a speech titled \u201cTurkish Foreign Policy and Azerbaijan in the Centennial of the Republic.\u201d Dr. K\u00f6stem focused on the political, diplomatic and economic dimensions of bilateral relations and drew attention to the rapid development in Turkey-Azerbaijan relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Mustafayev then gave a speech on \u201cHaydar Aliyev and the Development of Intellectual Potential in Azerbaijan,\u201d which was followed by a concert.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Piano soloist Prof. Hac\u0131baba Adilo\u011flu and soloist Enis E. G\u00fcliyev<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Huseynali Huseynaliyev, Nazik Rahmedova, Can Taylan and Ya\u015far K\u00f6ro\u011flu<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A conference to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey and the birth of Azerbaijan\u2019s former president Haydar Aliyev was held on April 25 at the Mithat \u00c7oruh Auditorium. The event was organized by Bilkent University in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80,127,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4501,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4497\/revisions\/4501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}