The symposium is being held in cooperation with the International Committee of Pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Studies (CIEPO). Around 100 scientists from Turkey, the United States, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Greece, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, South Korea and Japan introduced papers at the symposium.
In May, during an official visit to Bishkek, President Abdullah Gül also visited Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University.
“Kyrgyzstan is our ancestral homeland. We have felt at home and in our ancestral homeland while we have been in Kyrgyzstan,” Gül said. “What matters is not only opening universities, schools. What matters is being competitive in regards to education with other schools, and everyone should compete with each other in this competition. It should be a means for reaching a higher standard of education.”
