The return problem to the Turkish historical memory in Azerbaijani emigration prose (on the basis of the work “Tanri daginda” by Ahmad Agaoglu)

Abstract

A close acquaintance with rich and multifaceted creativity of Ahmad Agaoglu, one of the
prominent representatives of Azerbaijani emigration prose gives us a reason to say that he was
closely interested in Turkology and was one of the leading figures and ideologues of the Turkism
movement. Turkology become the main direction in the great thinker’s literary- philosophical work
that was written especially in the second half of the 1930s. In this regard, the literary- philosophical essay “Tanri daginda” (In the Mountain of God) is of great importance in the creative work of
A.Agaoglu.
The article says the return problem to the Turkish historical memory in the context of spiritual
moral values. Despite its small capacity, the literary-philosophical essay “Tanri daginda”, which is
rich in deep philosophical subjects, reflects the author's thoughts on the past and expectations for
the future of the Turkic world. The work in which the magnificence of the great Turkish spirit is
felt, deals with the old way of life of the Turks, Turkish mental thinking, the problems faced on the
way of development and others.
In the article it is concluded that A.Agaoglu in his literary-philosophical essay “Tanri daginda” tried
to build a spiritual bridge between the past and the future of the Turkic world. In his work he
expressed figuratively that if the Turkish peoples deviate from their national and moral values, they
will lag behind in progress and development and they will not be able to take their worthy place in
the contemporary world. In the author’s opinion, for this reason the moral values of Turkishness
should be preserved and passed from generation to generation. So, the work “Tanri daginda” that
touches upon problems that are still relevant to the Turkic world today and contains valuable
thoughts on solving these problems, takes important place in A.Agaoglu’s creative work and
confirms that he was a great thinker.