Ali bey Huseynzade’s Report at the First Turkological Congress, his Diary Notes Written During the Congress, and Menzel’s Writings about Ali bey Huseynzade in the Book Entitled “The First Turkological Congress”

Abstract

Ali bey Huseynzade’s report at the First Turkological Congress and his diary notes written during the Congress are analyzed in the article. As well as, the German Turkologist Menzel’s writings about Ali bey Huseynzade in the book entitled “The First Turkological Congress” are commented. It draws attention to Ali bey Huseynzade’s exceptional place, who was elected to the honorary presidium of the Congress, in preparing the ideological foundations of the Turkological Congress. It is stated that Ali bey Huseynzade and the Turkologists who came to Baku with him for participating in the Congress were the leading figures of this international scientific meeting. As well as, Menzel’s writings about the Turkological Congress are considered besides with Huseynzade’s diary notes. It is concluded on the basis of the statement given by Ali bey Huseynzade at the Independence Court in Istanbul after the Congress, that in fact Ali bey Huseynzade interpreted Atatürk’s ideas in his report at the Congress. In this case, the result revealed from the article is that, the ideological essence should be researched more deeply besides with the scientific content of the Turkological Congress.