Four Members of Birsöz and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Visit Uzbekistan
Four members of Birsöz and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies – Zeynep Yürekli, Emine Çakır, Aslı Niyazioğlu, and Leyla Najafzada – visited Uzbekistan from 16-21 July 2023 at the generous invitation of the Alp Jamol family. They had the pleasure of touring Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara, and having meetings with important institutions in the country. They were introduced, among others, to rectors of two universities (including Alisher Navo’i Tashkent State University of Uzbek Language and Literature) and to the senior members of the Writers Union of Uzbekistan. They also met the outgoing UK ambassador, Tim Torlot (an Oxford alumnus in Modern Languages) and the director of the British Council in Uzbekistan.