On January 22, 2023, a delegation of Khazar University students visited Türkiye as part of the "Baku-Kirshehir Student Exchange Program" implemented by the Youth Center of the Kirshehir Provincial Directorate of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Turkey. The delegation was welcomed by Kirshehir Provincial Directorate of Youth Services and Sports at Ankara Esenboğa airport.
According to the program, an evening reception was given. Kadir Özkaya, head lawyer of the Constitutional Court, head of Kirshehir Provincial Directorate of Youth Services and Sports of the Republic of Türkiye, project coordinator Hakan Avşar, Gazi University professor Camal Yılmaz took part in the banquet. They greeted the delegation of Khazar University, wished them success in the upcoming trip and presented the members of the delegation with clothes symbolizing the Turkish-Azerbaijani flags.
Nnote that the Kirshehir delegation participated in various events as a guest of Khazar University on December 12-16, 2022, and got acquainted with the historical and cultural monuments of Baku.
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Meeting at Ministry of Youth and Sports of Türkiye
On January 23, 2023, Enes Efendioğlu, Deputy Director General of the Foreign Relations Department of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Türkiye, received the delegation of Khazar University in Ankara. E. Efendioglu expressed his satisfaction with this exchange program with Khazar University and emphasized the importance of developing relations with Khazar University. Kirshehir Provincial Directorate of Youth Services and Sports of the Republic of Türkiye Numan Nafiz Şahin informed the management of the ministry and the participants of the meeting about the progress of the project. Alovsat Amirbeyli, head of the Khazar University delegation, director of Public Relations and Media of the university, also informed the participants about Khazar University and presented the Shusha plaque of Khazar University, a gift of Azerchay, the national brand of Azerbaijan. There was also a meeting at "Youth Radio" of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
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Visiting Presidential Complex and mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Türkiye
On January 23, 2023, the Khazar University delegation visited the Presidential Complex in Ankara. Project coordinator Hakan Avşar informed the guests about the complex. According to the program, the delegation visited the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Türkiye.
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In the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye
On January 23, 2023, the delegation of Khazar University had a meeting with Şamil Ayrım, a deputy in the Turkish Grand National Assembly, head of the Türkiye -Azerbaijani Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group, and Hacı Turan, a deputy from Kirshehir. The MPs warmly welcomed the delegation of Khazar University, got to know them closely and expressed their satisfaction with this meeting.
Kirshehir Provincial Directorate of Youth Services and Sports of the Republic of Türkiye, Numan Nafiz Şahin told the MPs about the exchange program implemented with Khazar University.
Director of Public Relations and Media of Khazar University, head of the group Alovsat Amirbeyli conveyed the greetings of the founder of the university, chairman of the Board of Directors and Trustees, professor, academician Hamlet Isakhanli and the rector of the university, associate professor Irade Khalilova, and emphasized the great importance of such international exchange programs for the young. He presented Hamlet Isakhanli's newly published book "My Karabakh or the Karabakh Knot", the university's Shusha plaque and Azerchay's gift to MP Şamil Ayrım.
Deputies Şamil Ayrım and Hacı Turan expressed their pleasure to host the students of Khazar University in Ankara. MP Şamil Ayrım hosted a banquet in honor of the delegation.
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Meeting with Head of Protocol Service of Presidential Complex
On January 23, 2023, the head of the delegation of Khazar University Alovsat Amirbeyli and the Numan Nafiz Şahin, head of Kirshehir Provincial Directorate of Youth Services and Sports visited Erkan Özoral, the head of the protocol service of the Presidential Complex, the former ambassador of Turkey to Azerbaijan. He was presented with the book "My Karabakh or Karabakh Knot" by Hamlet Isakhanli, Shusha plaque of the university and a gift from Azerchay.
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Mahammad Amin Rasulzade’s Tomb Visited in Ankara
In accordance with the protocol of the Türkiye-Azerbaijan Youth Exchange Program of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Türkiye, the delegation of Khazar University and the employees of the ministry visited the tomb of the founder of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Mahammad Amin Rasulzade, located in the Cebeci Asri Cemetery on January 23, 2023, and laid carnations on it.
The head of the group, Alovsat Amirbeyli, informed the students about the life and work of Mahammad Amin Rasulzade.
That evening, Kirshehir MP Mustafa Kendirli hosted a banquet in honor of the delegation of Khazar University in the guest hall of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye.
Then the delegation left Ankara for Kirshehir according to the program. In the following days, meetings were continued in Kirshehir, Nevshehir and Cappadocia.