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The institute was founded in 1924 to examine,
research, and publish in fields such as the
language, folklore, history, art and cultural history
of the Turkish culture and civilization. It is
active in three departments, “Turkish Language
and Literature”, “Turkish History”, and “Turkish
Art”. The institute library possesses a valuable
collection of works, including the 7354 volumes
of books of N.A. Katanov bought in 1914, and
the more then 55 000 books acquired until now
through purchase or donations. The institute
organizes national and international turcology
congresses where subjects such as the Turkish
language, literature and history of art are scrutinized.
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