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On December 20, the 100th anniversary of the National Library of Azerbaijan was celebrated in the National Library of Türkiye.

First, the opening of the book exhibition "Publications of the National Library of Azerbaijan" took place in the exhibition hall of the National Library of Türkiye.

The event was opened by Taner Beyoğlu, Director General of Libraries and Publications of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Türkiye, Head of the National Library of Türkiye. Taner Beyoğlu emphasized that he was happy to see the country's representatives in the National Library of Türkiye and congratulated the National Library of Azerbaijan on the occasion of its 100th anniversary and gave the speech to the director of the National Library, Professor Karim Tahirov.

 In his speech, Karim Tahirov expressed his satisfaction with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Library of Azerbaijan in the brotherly country, and emphasized that a number of projects on the development of our shared culture are planned between the National Libraries of Azerbaijan and Türkiye.

Then a video about the National Library of Azerbaijan was shown.

Akif Marifli, head of the book industry department of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, doctor of philosophy in history, made a speech and talked about the events and book presentations held regularly with the National Library of Türkiye. He noted the active participation of the brotherly country in the International Book Fairs held at the Baku Expo Center in the last 3 years.

Elchin Ghafarli, the permanent representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan in TURKSOY, wished success to the National Libraries of both countries in their future activities.

Fidan Bayramova, an employee of the National Library, presented the electronic database related to the 100th anniversary of the National Library of Azerbaijan.

The film "100 years road" dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the National Library of Azerbaijan, the publications of the National Library were presented to the National Library of Türkiye.

 Anniversary events continue. The next event will be held on December 21 at the Residence of TURKSOY.