On July 2, 2018, Khazar University Azerbaijani language and literature department held a preliminary defence of a dissertation by Madina Karahan, PhD candidate, on “Ahmed Aghaoghlu’s literary creativity in a literary, social and political life of Turkey”. Prof. Badirkhan Ahmadov, Prof. Tayyar Salamoghlu, Prof. Asif Rustamli - associates of Institute of Literature after Nizami, ANAS; Assoc.Prof. Dilbar Zeynalova and Gardashkhan Azizkhanli - Instructors of the Department of Azerbaijani Language and Literature of Khazar University, as well as other instructors of the University participated in the defence.