On December 23, 2021, Khazar University's Department of Languages and Literature organized an event called "Gel Gidelim Dosta Gönül" (Journey to the Turkic World) dedicated to the Year of Yunus Emre and Turkish language. The event was attended by Selcuk Karakilich, Director of the Baku Yunus Emre Center, Elmira Yusifli, Representative of Tatarstan in Azerbaijan, Ali Shamil, an employee of the ANAS Folklore Institute, and staff members, students of Khazar University.
In addition to reciting poems by Yunus Emre, the students shared the views of geniuses of the Turkic World Bilga Kagan, Mahmud Kashgarli, Yusif Khas Hajib, Ziya Gokalp, Ismail Gaspirali and Ali bey Huseynzade. Poems were performed in different Turkish dialects such as Bashkir, Uzbek, Uyghur, Kyrgyz and Tatar. The song "Ana yurd" created a special mood among the participants. Victims of repression of the Turkic World were also commemorated during the event. Dance groups from the Tatar Diaspora and Khazar University performed dances from Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey.
As part of the event, a charity sale of food and sweets from the cuisine of the Turkic World was held.