the result of an active struggle for the alphabet reform, which was carried out by intellectuals since the nineteenth century.

It is known that 131 delegates participated in the First Turkology Congress. There were 17 meetings in the nine-day historical meeting, and 29 reports on the language, history, literature and culture of the Turkic world. During the repressions, about 120 scientists and thinkers who participated in the congress were arrested and suffered political persecution.

Four representatives from Kazakhstan took part in the First Turkology Congress. Also the state figure, diplomat from Moscow Nazir Torekulov was invited to the event. The congress was attended by five Kazakh scholars, well-known educators, linguists, prominent representatives of their people Akhmet Baitursynov (1872-1937), Bilal Suleev (1893-1937), Yeldes Omarov (1892-1937), Aziz Baiseidov (1893-1955) and Nazir Torekulov(1892-1937).

One of the main missions of Kazakh scholars, who came to the First Turkology Congress in Baku in 1926, was a struggle for a new Kazakh alphabet.

The Decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on the 90th anniversary of the First Turkology Congress dated 18 February 2016 reveals the historical significance of the Congress in the life of Turkic peoples. The Decree states: “The post-congress period was marked by the formation of new concepts in the field of Turkology, the recognition of Azerbaijan as one of the influential centers of Turkological research and the creation of a scientific and theoretical basis for cultural and spiritual unity of Turkic peoples.”

It is noteworthy that in 2016 large-scale events on the First Turkology Congress started in Turkic-speaking countries. In particular,