Ali Şir Nevai was commemorated at our university
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Ali Şir Nevai, one of the most important statesmen and artists of the Turkish-Islamic Civilization, was commemorated on the 581st anniversary of his birth with a ceremony hosted by Istanbul Ticaret University.
At the commemoration meeting themed “Traces of Ali Şir Nevai in the Journey of Turkish Civilization” organized by Kazakh and Tajik students and Afghan students of Uzbek origin, who are studying in Turkey, poems of Ali Şir Nevai and songs composed from the poems of Ali Şir Nevai were performed.
Istanbul Ticaret University Rector Prof. Dr. Yücel Oğurlu made a speech at the opening, and said that Ali Şir Nevai has broken new ground with his scientific-literary works written in Turkish and started the ‘Hamse’ tradition in the Turkish language. Prof. Dr. Oğurlu stated that they are very happy to host such a program at Istanbul Ticaret University.
Noting that Ali Şir Nevai gave his name to a language and had a great impact on literature and science in the following periods, Prof. Dr. Oğurlu stated that numerous academic studies have been carried out about Ali Şir Nevai today.
Prof. Dr. Oğurlu underlined that Ali Şir Nevai was successful on the political scene as he was in literature, and said:
“After a long scientific journey, he started to work in the palace in Khorasan, and became the second man of the state, performing the duties of sealer, chief of the council, chief of finance, deputy sultan and judge. In this process, he had hundreds of public buildings such as mosques, madrasahs, caravanserais, bridges, tombs and hospitals built all over his country. Those years were called the Renaissance of the East by historians, as his country attained stability and prosperity in material and spiritual terms during this period. All the scholars were put on the payroll and all kinds of financial contributions were made to the madrasa students during this period during which he worked as the chief of finance in the palace.”
The program continued with the speeches of Prof. Dr. Mustafa S. Kaçalin from Marmara University, Dr. Zebiniso Kamalova from Istanbul Ticaret University and Dr. Muhammad Yaqub Qarash from Istanbul University on various aspects of Aşi Şir Nevai.
