- The madrasa founded in Samarkand by Ulugbek Mirzo, grandson of master Amir Temur, was recognized in western sources as a real academy of its time.

    We are rightly proud that the great astronomer Ali Kushchi, who worked at this university, founded the higher education system in Turkey. This is a fact of history, a proof that the relations between our brotherly peoples in the field of education date back to ancient times...