― 4 марта 2022 г.
Conference on "The Siberian Turkic Legend Tradition and Shamanism" held in TURKSOY Headquarters
International conference on "The Siberian Turkic Legend Tradition and Shamanism" held in TURKSOY Headquarters on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the birthday of the Khakas turcologist, folklorist and poet Alevtina Maytakova.
The conference held in hybrid format in the conference hall of the Headquarters of TURKSOY was organized in cooperation of TURKSOY with the Department of Contemporary Turkic Dialects and Literature of the Faculty of Language and History of the Ankara University and featured contributions by many Turkish and foreign scholars doing research on legends of the Turkic World.
In the opening speech he delivered at the conference, the Deputy Secretary General of TURKSOY Assoc.Prof. Dr. Bilal Çakıcı expressed his happiness to see that far from being only seen as a commemorative event dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birthday of the Khakas turcologist, folklorist and poet Alevtina Maytakova this conference also turned into a scientific platform of fruitful exchanges among scholars of the Turkic World. Deputy Secretary General Çakıcı who also said that Secretary General Kasseinov could not attend the conference due to the fact that he is on duty abroad introduced the video message he conveyed to the participants.
In his video message, Secretary General Kasseinov said that TURKSOY attaches particular importance to the publication of heroic legends which are an essential part of Turkic Shaman mythology and that it has therefore already issued many publications on legends of the Turkic World until now.
Secretary General Kasseinov went on saying: “As other Turkic peoples, the Khakas Turkic poeple also has many heroic legends. The ancient Turkic Shaman mythology featuring patterns dating back to thousands of years has been transmitted from one generation to the next until today by the Khakas people living in Siberia since the dawn of times. TURKSOY played an active role in introducing this rich heritage to the world and published Khakas legends such as ‘Huban Arığ’, ‘Han Mirgen’ and ‘Ah Çibek Arığ’. Among these legends which have been translated into Anatolian Turkic language by Dr. Timur Davletov, the legend of ‘Huban Arığ’ which was published in 2006 and features approximately 15600 verses which deal with the female heroes of the Khakas Turkic people was recounted by the great Khakas throat singer Semön Shulbayev and recorded by Alevtina Maytakova.”
Secretary General Kasseinov who said that TURKSOY will further pursue its activities on heroic legends of the Turkic World which are an encyclopedia of folk wisdom and culture, expressed his gratitude to all those who contributed to the organization of the conference and added that all papers presented therein will be published as a book later on.
The Chair of the Department of Contemporary Turkic Dialects and Literature of the Faculty of Language and History of the Ankara University Prof. Dr. Sema Barutcu Özönder who also delivered an opening speech at the conference stressed the important role played by TURKSOY which has been promoting Turkic culture and art beyond the Turkic World and expressed her happiness to be participating in a conference organized in cooperation with TURKSOY.
Prof. Dr. Sema Barutcu Özönder further touched upon the importance of activities carried out by the turcologist Alevtina Maytakova who is one of the most famous scholars of Southeastern Siberia and not only made unique contributions to the publication of course books as well as to the preservation of Khakas language as a mother tongue bu also compiled legends which are an essential component of Turkic oral tradition and qualified her as “the Khakas poetess who succeeded in unveiling the pearls of Khakas language."
Prof. Dr. Özönder who also stressed that legends are the most essential components of our oral tradition concluded saying: “Legends are litteraly the cement and most important component of our oral tradition throughout the Turkic World. Turkic legends featuring thousands of verses have been transkitted from one generation to the next by the Khakas "Khaiji", the Kyrgyz “Manaschy”, the Kazak “Akyn”, the Turkmen “Bakshi” and the "Ozan" and "Minstrel" of other peoples of ours."
Prof. Dr. Sema Barutcu Özönder who further said that with their joint project on Legends of the Turkic World, TURKSOY and the Turkish Language Institution have engaged into an academic research project and that major achievements are being reached within this framework concluded saying: “However, as far as we can see, there are still legends of ours which remain to be published. Hence, I think that in cooperation with TURKSOY, wecould bring together folklorists, linguists and legend experts and record videos on oral traditions of the Turkic World which would then be kept as precious documents of reference. I think that in terms of activities it carries out TURKSOY which is a gateway of for the Turkic World reaching out to the world in general is the only instititution which can carry out this task in the best way possible.”
The opening speeches were followed by paper presentations of the following scholars:
Prof. Dr. Gülsüm Killi Yılmaz (Department of Contemporary Turkic Dialects and Literature of the Faculty of Language and History of the Ankara University), Prof. Dr. Larisa V. Anzhiganova (Department of Philosophy and Research on Culture of the N.F. Katanov Khakas State University, Abakan, Khakas Republic, RF), Prof. Dr. Melek Erdem, (Department of Contemporary Turkic Dialects and Literature of the Faculty of Language and History of the Ankara University), Prof. Dr. Zhanna M. Yusha (Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kyzyl, Tyva Republic, RF), Prof. Dr. Mehmet Aça, (Turkish Language and Literature Department of the Faculty of Science and Literature of the Marmara University), Prof. Dr. Vasiliy V. Illarionov ( Department of Folklore and Culture of the M.K. Ammosov North-East Federal University, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), RF), Prof. Dr. İbrahim Dilek (Ethnology Department of the Faculty of Literature of the Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University), Prof. Dr. Nerkes A. Khubiddinova (Department of History, Language and Literature of the Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Ufa, Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, RF), Prof. Dr. Nadezhda R. Oynotkinova (Institute of Philolgy of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Gorno-Altaysk, Altai Republic, RF), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stanislav A. Ugdyzhekov, (Department of Elementary Sciences of the Sayan-Shushenskiy Branch, Abakan, Khakas Republic, RF), Dr. Nükhet Okutan Davletov (Cultural Research Programme of the University of Cappadocia ), Dr. David Somfai Kara (Center of Human Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary), Dr. Evgenia S. Torokova (Folklore Department of the Institute of Scientific Research on Khakas Language, Literature and History, Abakan, Khakas Republic, RF), Dr. Elvira Sultrekova (Department of Contemporary Turkic Dialects of the Faculty of Language History and Geography of the Ankara University), Dr. Lyubov N. Arbachakova (Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tashtagol, Shor, Kemerovo Region, RF), Dr. Istvan Santha (Center of Human Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary), Dr. Nadezhda V. Pavlova (Research Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Northern Minorities, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), RF), Dr. Akhat G. Salikhov (Department of Eastern Manuscripts of the Institute of History Language and Literature of the Ufa Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, RF) and Dr. Timur B. Davletov (TURKSOY - Expert on Siberia).
Papers presented by the participants as mentioned above will be published as a book in the near future.
Within the framework of the conference the Deputy Secretary General of TURKSOY Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bilal Çakıcı extended medals dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the birthday of famous Khakas legend teller Simion Kadyshev by TURKSOY to Prof. Dr. Sema Barutcu Özönder, Prof. Dr. Gülsüm Killi Yılmaz, Prof. Dr. Melek Erdem, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Aça and Dr. Elvira Sultrekova.
