Broujerdi, the head of NLAI, attended the inauguration of the Mellat Library in Turkey. This 24-hour library located in Ankara is 125,000 square meters and has been designed with traditional Seljuk, Ottoman, and contemporary architectural motifs.
It was inaugurated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On the sidelines of the ceremony, Broujerdi met with Uğur Ünal، the head of the Archives of Turkey, and referred to the 2017 Memorandum of understanding signed by the Presidents of the two countries and mentioned, “The cultural relations of the countries, along with the political relations, present a perspective to the nations, based on which we can increase the knowledge of two nations of Iran and Turkey of each other.” Ünal mentioned Iran and Turkey as two nations and governments with ancient and historical roots and added, “Both countries have large archives and in these archives not only are there documents related to their own country but also old documents from other countries are maintained.
“ Broujerdi pointed to the possibility of exchanging digital documents between the two countries and said, “Currently, there are a significant number of documents related to the Ottoman kings in Iran, and many of these documents and letters of the Ottoman kings were written in Persian.” Ünal emphasized that history is not just about friendships and joys, it includes war, grief, and tragedy, but it is our duty to preserve history and utilize it because accurate historical information is revealed in such a situation. He also stressed the mutual close cooperation and friendship in the field of archives and expressed his hope that this cooperation would be more and better.
