On the 16th of January director of Institute of Folklore ANAS, academician Mukhtar Imanov received Bijan Veysel Yildiz, the head of the Union of Writers of Children and Youth Literature of Turkey. The leading scientific worker of the department “Folklore and writing literature” of Folklore Institute, Ph.D., associate professor Fidan Gasimova also took part in the meeting.

For many years “Children’s and Youth Literature Writers’ Union” has been carrying out the international events for children’s education, upbringing, children’s folklore and children’s literature. There are international symposiums among them. During the meeting the following problems such as the international symposium held in Istanbul, Turkey every year would be held in Baku next year and other important issues were discussed in the direction of promotion of children’s folklore and literature. The Institute of Folklore of ANAS and the Association of Writers of Child and Youth Literature have established the basis of scientific cooperation. Both sides emphasized the importance of joint activities to collect and promote children’s literature in the common Turkic scale.