АYDIN SAYILI AND THE FORMATION, DEVELOPMENT OF FARABI STUDIES IN TURKEY

Abstract

The authors of the article write about the scientists-farabiologists and their heritage. It made a great contribution to the formation and development of Farabi studies in Turkey. The formation of Farabi studies in Turkey happened in 1930s. In this period the Faculty of Language and History-Geography was created at Ankara university. Then after three years a group of Philosophy was founded at the Faculty of Language and History-Geography. One of the famous scholars Aydın Sayılı worked on that group of Philosophy and wrote a plethora of articles about al-Farabi and Ibn Sina. Authors were able to learn about the activities of several historical figures, got acquainted with their heritage regarding the formation and development of Farabi studies in Turkey (Necati Akder, Aydın Sayılı, Fuat Sezgin, Necati Lugal, Mübahat Türker Küyel, Remzi Demir). Goals and objectives. To review and analyze the scientific works of scientist-farabiologists, starting with Aydin Sayili, and familiarization with scientists who made a great contribution to the formation and development of Farabi studies in Turkey. Results. Working with the funds of the National Library of Turkey, the library of the Ataturk Cultural Center and other scientific libraries made it possible to get acquainted with Turkish representatives of the science of Farabi studies. Conclusion. After studying the formation and development of the Farabi studies in the Republics of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the authors attempted to determine the formation and development of Farabi studies in Turkey.