Mintimer Shaimiev meets with Nevzat Yalçıntaş

On May 14, Tatarstan State Consellor Mintimer Shaimiev met with Doctor of Economics, Professor of Istanbul University of the Republic of Turkey Nevzat Yalçıntaş.

To the point, a famous public and political figure Nevzat Yalçıntaş arrived in Kazan to participate in the International Symposium “Outstanding enlighteners of the Turkic world: Mehmet Akif Ersoy and Gabdulla Tukai”, which opened today at Kazan (Volga) Federal University within the framework of the Year "Kazan - a cultural capital of the Turkic world in 2014”.

At the beginning of the meeting, Mintimer Shaimiev extended his condolences to the guest over the death of miners in Turkey.

Recollecting his visits to Kazan in 1991 and 2002, Professor Nevzat Yalçıntaş noted that the capital of Tatarstan is changing for the better, becoming more beautiful and cleaner. He reminded Mintimer Shaimiev of the words he said during their meeting at the Kremlin in 2005. “You said that by changing the image of cities you change people and yourself, becoming kinder, more tolerant and friendly. I see that your words came true,” he pointed out.

Nevzat Yalçıntaş shared his impressions of the International Symposium and stressed that it is of great significance that the enlightening activity of two outstanding figures of the Turkic world Mehmet Akif Ersoy and Gabdulla Tukai is being studied by the Turkic scientists together, which contributes to further development of cooperation of Turkic peoples in the field of science and culture.

Mintimer Shaimiev told the guest about the implementation of the project “Cultural heritage of Tatarstan: the ancient town of Bolgar and island town of Sviyazhsk”. Nevzat Yalçıntaş said that he has already heard about the beauty of the White Mosque in Bolgar and is going to visit Bolgar Museum Reserve tomorrow.