Anau city of Turkmenistan becomes Cultural Capital of Turkic World 2024
The city of Anau of Turkmenistan took up the baton of the Cultural Capital of the Turkic World 2024, Kazinform News Agency reports.
The official ceremony was organized in the city of Shusha under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan and TURKSOY .
Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan Adil Karimli presented the symbol of temporary chairmanship in the Permanent Council of the Ministers of Culture of Turkic-Speaking Countries to Minister of Culture of Turkmenistan Atageldi Shamuradov.
Special Representative of the President in the Shusha district Aydin Kerimov handed over the symbol of passing the baton of the Cultural Capital of the Turkic World 2024 to Mayor of Anau Rovshan Jumayev.
The ceremony was accompanied with a concert programme from young talents of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The Cultural Capital of the Turkic World project was launched by TURKSOY in 2010 during the Summit of the Heads of Turkic-Speaking Countries in Istanbul.
The previous cultural capitals were Astana, Kazakhstan (2012), Eskişehir , Türkiye (2013), Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia (2014), Merv, Turkmenistan (2015), Sheki, Azerbaijan (2016), Turkistan, Kazakhstan (2017), Kastamonu, Türkiye (2018), Osh, Kyrgyzstan (2019), Khiva, Uzbekistan (2020), and Bursa, Türkiye (2022).
Shusha became the 11th city of the Turkic world which accepted this mission.
