KazNU is a friendship place between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
(Love all mankind, brother)
Abay Kunanbayly
We are proud that Kazakhstan is a multinational state with the representatives of 130 nationalities living peacefully with each other under one roof . Kazakhstan maintains fraternal relationships with all Central Asian countries and Turkmenistan is one of them. One of the firm indicators of this friendship is enrollment of Turkmen students in al-Farabi KazNU.
This academic year, 17 students from Turkmenistan came to study at the Faculty of Philology. Their choice was the specialty of “Translation Studies” , which is taught by the Department of Foreign Philology and Translation Studies of our university . On October 4,2022 at the initiative of the Philology Faculty Dean and senior teacher of the department of foreign philology ,candidate of philological sciences Bayeli Asel Zharylkasynovna an event the key message of which was “KazNU is a place of friedship between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan” was organized . The purpose of this educational event was integration of Turkmenistan students into a big and friendly community of KazNU students and say to them “You are welcome to our Philological Faculty!”. The participants were the 1st year Tukmenistan students and Philological faculty students.
The event started with the students’ performance of the Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan national anthems . Then the participants listened to the presentation about their native land prepared by Yuldashev Ravshabek and Sabirova Shahista. It was an interesting educational story about Turkmenistan. KazNU students could learn many interesting facts about this country and thei culture. A group of Turkmen students performed their national songs and showed amazing folk dances. The audience was greatly impressed when Khoshgeldieva and Begmuradova Mahri recited the poems by poet Makthymkuly (nickname - Fragi) in Turkmen language. Makthymkuly is a classic poet of the Turkmen people who lived in the 18th century. He was a classic of Turkmen literature whose name stands alongside with the great poets of the East, Firdousi, Saghdi, Nizami, Nawaii. The most favorite part of the event for those present was tasting of national Turkmen dishes. The atmosphere of the event was highly emotional and inspirational!
Among participant of the event was the Honored Guest - Annakuliyeva Gulnara Ataevna, candidate of economic sciences, academician, organizer and head of the Turkmen public and cultural fund in Almaty, member of the Assembly of Peoples of Kazakhstan, holder of the 2nd degree of the Order of Friendship. The event was very successful and exciting. Acquaintance with Turkmenistan and its culture was interesting and useful!
From year to year an increasing number of students from abroad choose to study at al-Farabi University One of the challenges International students face in a host University is their adaptation to a new environment. It is therefore particularly important to provide domestic and international students with opportunities to meet each other in a wide range of extracurricular activities. Hopefully, the event under the name “You are welcome to our Philological Faculty” will promote the successful integration of Turkmen students into our University community.
Assel Baieli,
The department of foreign
philology and translation studies
