title: Döwletmämmet Azady
text: # Döwletmämmet Azady
  
  Döwletmämmet Azady (Persian: دولت محمد آزادى Doulatmammed Āzādi; Turkmen: Döwletmämmet Azady) was a Turkmen poet and Sufi scholar. He is the father of poet Magtymguly Pyragy, the father of Turkmen literature.
  
  ## Memory
  
  The resting place of Azady and his son Magtymguly is located in Aktokai Cemetery, Golestan, Iran and is a place of pilgrimage. Every year, this cemetery becomes a place of pilgrimage for thousands of people.
  
  ## Institutions and organizations
  
  The Turkmen National Institute of World Languages is named after Azady.
  
  