At the al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Turgunbayev Izbassar Yerlanuly will defend his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) of educational program «8D02209 – Oriental Studies» on the topic: «Development directions of Turkey’s cultural modernization (1923-2020)».
The dissertation was performed at the Department of Turkish Studies and History of Eastern Countries of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
Form of defense - dissertation work.
Language of defense – Russian.
Official reviewers:
1. Shashayeva Gulbakyt Kadyrzhanovna – PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology at Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University. Specialty «6D020400 – Culturology». (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
2. Myrzabekov Moldakhmet Seidakhmetovich – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of History, Institute of Social Sciences, Humanities and Art of the Kazakh National Women's Pedagogical University. Specialty «History». (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Scientific supervisors:
1. Egamberdiyev Mirzakhan Sharipbayevich – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Turkish Studies and History of the East, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Al-Farabi KazNU (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
2. Evrim Ölçer Özünel – Professor of the Faculty of Literature, Department of Turkish Folklore at Haci Bayram Veli University (Ankara, Turkey).
Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:
1. Resul Ay – Professor of the Faculty of Literature, Department of History at Hacettepe University. Specialty «History». (Ankara, Turkey);
2. Alimbay Nursan Alimbayuly – рrincipal researcher of the Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology, CS MES RK, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor. Specialty «History» (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
3. Bazarbayev Kanat Kaldybekuly – PhD, Associate Professor, Member of the Board of Directors, Khoja Ahmed Yasawi International Kazakh-Turkish University. Specialty «6D011400 - History» (Turkestan, Kazakhstan).
The defense will take place in a mixed (online and offline) format on December 19, 2025, at 14:00 in the dissertation Council at the al-Farabi Kazakh National University for a group of specialties/educational programs "6D020900, 8D02209 – Oriental Studies (Historical and Philological Track)", "6D020700, 8D02301 – Translation (Oriental Languages and Literature)", "6D021000, 8D02305 – Foreign Philology (Oriental Languages and Literature)"at the address: 050012, Almaty, Karasay Batyr street, 95, Faculty of Oriental Studies.
Connect to the Zoom Conference:
https://zoom.us/j/99764316864?pwd=IpbGFsPUw7QObeRR8NUG74Zy5aXNrs.1
Conference ID: 997 6431 6864