Azize Caferzade (b.1921-d.2003) has a distinguished place in 20th century Azerbaijani literature. She wrote 15 novels, 18 long stories, many of them novel-sized and 109 short stories; plays, memoirs, diaries and travelogues. Prof. Dr. Azize Caferzade is also an academician and the author of volumes of scientific articles and research. The author is one of the important travelers of 20th century Azerbaijani literature. The author's travel writings, describing her travels to many countries of the world, were published in 2 volumes in Baku in 2022. In these expeditions, Azize Caferzade wrote her thoughts about 15 countries in the Soviet Union. She also wrote down the impressions of her trips to Africa, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Yugoslavia and Haifa, Israel. The author's travels on Turkey are of great importance in terms of describing Turkey and Turkish academics and scientists between the years 1987-1996. In these expeditions, the writer writes about places such as Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa, Canakkale, Izmit, Konya, Erzurum, Kars, etc. and she toured the cities and visited the historical monuments there. In all the countries she visited, the author first wanted to see schools and libraries and examine the rich manuscripts in the libraries. In this way, the author had the opportunity to visit many libraries in Turkey. She met Turkish academics, writers and journalists and chatted with them on various topics, especially Sufism. She both learned new information about Turkish literature and gave information to the academics about Azerbaijani literature and newly grown Azerbaijani poets and writers. These expeditions contain important information in terms of seeing the reflections of the scientific, literary, cultural and social environment of Turkey approximately 36 years ago and the communication of important figures of the Turkish world.
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