Memory of Dagestani poetess unites Nogai Diasporas in Turkey

Natives of Dagestan appreciate the fact that a street in the Turkish city of Yalova was named after poetess Kadriya Temirbulatova. Members of the Nogai Diaspora treat that fact as a landmark event. The initiative to name the street after the poetess recalled the ideas of pan-Turkism, but the ideology is not the cornerstone of the politics adopted in modern Turkey, political analysts note.

Azerbaijani poet Barysh Javid, a staff member of the Turkic culture international organization "TURKSOY", has told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that members of the North-Caucasian and Turkic Diasporas of the CIS countries, guests, and delegates from Northern Caucasus took part in the events on the occasion.

Kadriya Temirbulatova devoted her verses mainly to national themes, notes Barysh Javid. The poetess "touched on the topics of the Nogai people, wrote about the Nogai region, and emphasized that the people should not put up with injustice," the Azerbaijani poet said.

"She was an outstanding poetess with a tragic fate, and that is why people draw such attention to her. There are several regions in Turkey where Nogai villages are concentrated," said Nogai native Alim Makhsutov, a student of the Istanbul University, a native of Northern Caucasus.

"The initiative to name the street after the Nogai poetess is not related to the ideas of pan-Turkism or neo-Ottomanism," believe political analyst Rinat Mukhametov. According to him, in Turkey, there are many streets named after the Arabs, Persians, and people from the former USSR.