First academic collection of Akhmet Baitursynov’s works presented in Astana

First academic collection of Akhmet Baitursynov’s works presented in Astana

The presentation of the first academic collection of works by the renowned scholar and educator Akhmet Baitursynov took place in Astana. The publication consists of five volumes, compiling scientific works, reports, articles, monographs, letters, and questionnaires written by Akhmet Baitursynov. These were printed in tote zhazu, which is based on Arabic script and created by the prominent Kazakh educator, as well as in Cyrillic script. Researchers emphasized the work’s significance for world science. An electronic version has also been released and will be available to all turkologists, enabling them to explore the earliest scientific publications by the founder of Kazakh linguistics in Arabic script.

«This collection includes scholarly commentaries by Akhmet Baitursynov on his works. He also compiled a dictionary of various terms, such as toponyms. In it, he explains the origins of certain names and shares related legends. This is what sets this academic collection apart,» noted Aigul Ismakova, the collection’s chief editor.