Working trip to Hungary within the framework of the scientific project on Turkology

From November 24 to December 7, 2023, professor Raushan Amirdinovny Avakova, the head of the Department of Turkology and Language Theory of the Faculty of Philology of al-Farabi KazNU, and her colleagues from the Department visited the University of Western Hungary, in Sopron, in Hungary within the framework of "Lexicographic system of common Turkic language phraseology" project.During this working visit, there was an exchange of experience with the scholars from Hungary on the project topic AP19675130: "Lexicographic system of phraseological units common to Turkic languages". Also the working visit included a scientific workshop and work in the university libraries.
The scholars of the Faculty of Philology of al-Farabi KazNU took part in the scientific workshop on the topic of a special informative case, connected with the project topic. The workshop was hosted by the University of Western Hungary. Our scholars also held several seminars at the language faculty of the university. They delivered a lecture about the lexicographical system of phraseological units common to Turkic languages with subsequent analysis and discussion to the students and doctoral students. Then there was a proposal to create a working group that would analyze similarities and differences in the phraseological units of the Hungarian language and other Turkic languages. The scholars of al-Farabi KazNU listened to the opinions of scientists about the peculiarities of "The Word of Ancestors" scientific work, which is of a great importance for Hungarian linguistics. The faculty scholars expressed their desire for further cooperation within the framework of a scientific project and told the University of Western Hungary (University of Sopron) . This university in Hungary takes the fifth place by the number of students. The university scholars also showed the guests around the campus being located in the main historical city of Western Hungary and having developed educational infrastructure. Today University of Sopron can offer modern education to approximately twenty thousand students.The scholars and the teachers of the faculty told about the life of their departments, showed the guests their scientific works published in recent years and scientific monographs published on their scientific projects. They also presented several books necessary for Kazakhstani Turkology. The scholars discussed the possibility of implementing scientific projects together with the Department of Turkology and Theory of Linguistics of al-Farabi KazNU. Discussing the work of Turkologist Konyra Mandoki, helped create a list of factors contributing to the achievement of a unified phraseological structure of the Turkic peoples within the framework of the project.The students of Sopron University majoring in philology were told about the history of al-Farabi KazNU, the majors taught at the Department of Turkology and Language Theory, Turkic Philology, academic mobility of students, etc.
It should also be noted that the schools of al-Farabi KazNU had the opportunity to participate in the events not included in the predetermined calendar plan on "Lexicographic system of common phraseological units for the Turkish language" AP19675130 project. For example, in connection with transferring the Scientific Research Institute of Altai studies from the University of Budapest to the University of Szeged in Szeged, new directions were added. At this university, our scholars got acquainted with the direction of the work of the prestigious European research team engaged in scientific research in the field of Altaic studies and Turkology. The head of the team, Professor Sandor Paff introduced the guests to the teaching staff of the center and invited them to the department of books in Altai, Turkish and Eastern languages at the university library. He spoke about the constant work of enriching the collection of books and rare materials. In the future, he assured that the scientific works of al-Farabi KazNU scholars also will be included in this collection. Most importantly, Mr. Sandor Paff said that he is ready to accept one Kazakh master's degree student and one doctoral student every year at the expense of his university.
One of the planned meetings within the framework of the project "Lexicographic system of common Turkic languages" ZTN AP19675130 was a visit to the museum of the famous Turkologist Konyr Mandoki, where thee guests were acquainted with the books written by the scholar, his unfinished scientific works. The wife of Konyra Mandoki, linguist Onaisha Mandoki provided a great assistance in this matter. Our scholars listened to an expert's opinion about the level of Turkic language research in Hungary and knew about new initiatives and plans having expressed a desire to work together in a new direction.
Thus, the material and new proposals and ideas collected during the business trip within the framework of the scientific project will be a good base for further research work in the field of Turkology.