BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 25. The 2nd expert–level meeting was held at the headquarters of the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation on January 23-24, 2025, in preparation for the foundation's council meeting, Trend reports.
The meeting was attended by representatives from the Foreign Ministries and Ministries of Culture of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Türkiye, which are member countries of the foundation, as well as staff of the organization.
The Foundation President Aktoty Raimkulova welcomed the guests and provided detailed information about the foundation’s activities in 2024, emphasizing that more than 74 projects and events had been implemented.
Among them, Raimkulova highlighted the completion of the restoration and reconstruction of the house-museum of Alykul Osmonov in Bishkek within the framework of the Astana Summit Declaration, the preparation of the Turkic Cultural Heritage Catalogue in line with the "Turkic World Vision - 2040" document and the TURKTIME initiative, support for the 5th World Nomad Games, conducting an Experience sharing program on the management of Turkic cultural heritage for heads of historical and architectural reserves in Istanbul, publishing series of books such as "Outstanding Figures of the Turkic World", "Pearls of Turkic Literature", and "Scientific Treasures of the Turkic World", organizing an international conference in Baku on "The Study and Preservation of the Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Turkic World from the Perspective of UNESCO", hosting an international scientific conference and exhibition at UNESCO headquarters in Paris dedicated to the 950th anniversary of the first encyclopedic dictionary of Turkic languages "DīwānLughāt at-Turk", written by the prominent Turkic scholar Mahmud al-Kashgari in the 11th century, as well as other projects.
The agenda of the meeting included issues related to expanding cooperation in promoting the cultural heritage of the Turkic peoples.
Representatives of government bodies and the foundation staff discussed proposed amendments to the organization's regulations and carefully reviewed projects aimed at the popularization, preservation, and restoration of the rich heritage of the Turkic world, which are included in the foundation's action plans for 2025 and 2026.
To note, this year, Kazakhstan is chairing the foundation's council, and the 2nd council meeting of the foundation with the participation of the Ministers of Culture of the founding countries will take place on February 7, 2025, in Astana.
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