Türkiye's Consul General in Ganja, Recep Öztop, attended the international symposium “Nizami Ganjavi and universal values: intercultural dialogue and shared heritage.” The symposium was held at the Nizami Ganjavi Museum and dedicated to the 885th anniversary of the poet's birth.
The consulate general said the panel featured Hacettepe University associate professor Aysun Koç, TRT editor and Turkologist Dr. Aleyna Malkoç, and a translator and researcher.
Anniversary forum in the poet's native city
Photographs from the event show speeches from a podium against a backdrop of Azerbaijani state flags, a panel of participants beneath the anniversary poster “885 years of Nizami Ganjavi. International symposium,” and guests gathered in the museum hall.

Nizami Ganjavi (c. 1141–1209) was a poet and thinker and the author of the “Khamsa” (“Quintet”), which comprises the poems “The Treasury of Mysteries,” “Khosrow and Shirin,” “Layla and Majnun,” “The Seven Beauties” and “Iskander-nameh.” He was born and lived in Ganja, where his mausoleum is located.
Photo: Consulate General of Türkiye in Ganja