(Cihan) - Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Atilla Koc has headed to Russian capital Moscow for talks on Turkish Culture Year in Russia for next year.
Minister Koc, along with a delegation, left Istanbul Ataturk Airport for Moscow early on Wednesday aboard a Turkish Airlines plane, reports Trend.
Koc will meet tour operators and hold preliminary talks on "2008: Turkish Culture Year in Russia" during his visit.
During an official visit to Moscow in July 2005, Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc told a press briefing that the year 2007 would be declared Russian Culture Year in Turkey and 2008 will be declared Turkish Culture Year in Russia.