During a guided tour of a Genghis Khan exhibition, organized jointly by a museum and two associations - one focused on Central Asia and the other on Mongolia- I witnessed an interesting exchange. A Turkish participant referred to a traditional Mongolian tent as a 'yurt'.

UNESCO marks the first World Turkic Language Family Day, celebrating the shared linguistic and cultural heritage of Turkic-speaking peoples and commemorating 15 Dec 1893, when Danish linguist Vilhelm Thomsen deciphered the Orkhon inscriptions 🇩🇰 To mark the day, I’m sharing a surprise from last year

When you discover exciting things in the old collection: a #Turkestani edition of Ahmed Yesevis Dīvān-ı Ḥikmet from 1900, which Martin Hartmann acquired during a visit to #Tashkent. حکمت حضرت سلطان العارفین خواجه احمد بن ابراهیم بن محمود بن افتخار یسوی halit.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/search?q=id%...

👨‍🏫📚 Happy to share that from August 1st, I'll join the University of Copenhagen as an external lecturer at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, teaching Middle Eastern Language and Society with a focus on Turkish culture, society, and language. 🇹🇷🇩🇰

My first co-curated exhibit opens this evening @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social! TREASURED is a treasures exhibition that questions the very notion. It's also the first at the #Bodleian with around 50% non-Western material. Those in #Oxford can visit starting tomorrow, 6 June. And it's free!

📜 Today’s linguistic surprise: The Turkish word 'borç' (meaning debt or loan) turns out to be a loanword from the ancient Sogdian language! 😯 #sogdian #sogdia #sogdiana

I love the Azerbaijani expression for when someone passes away: 'Dünyasını dəyişib,' which translates to 'Changed his/her world.' ✨🌏

Johannes Østrup's (philologist in Semitic languages) remarkable journey on horseback from Damascus to Copenhagen. Shifting Horizons (1894) – a true journey through time and an absolute pleasure! 🌍🐎📖 #JohannesØstrup #Østrup #OttomanEmpire #Turkey #Denmark #Syria #Arabia