(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 12. The Ministry of
Culture of Azerbaijan and TURKSOY (International Organization of
Turkic Culture) will jointly organize the official opening ceremony
of the "Shusha - cultural capital of the Turkic world-2023" event
today in Azerbaijan's Shusha city, trend reports.
The event, organized in accordance with the decree of the
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev dated December 6, 2022,
provides for the participation of local officials, delegations of
TURKSOY member countries, heads of cooperation organizations of
Turkic countries and other guests.
The opening ceremony will be followed by performances of
creative teams from the Turkic countries and familiarization with
exhibitions.
The ancient city of Shusha, being the cradle of Mugham art, was
declared the 2023 cultural capital of the Turkic world at the
meeting of the Permanent Council of TURKSOY in Turkish Bursa City
on March 31, 2022.
Musical and dance groups and artists of the member countries of
TURKSOY took part in the Khari Bulbul International Musical
Festival held on May 9-11, 2023 in Shusha.
The foundations of the "Cultural Capital of the Turkic World"
project were laid in 2010 at the 10th summit of the heads of
Turkic-speaking countries in Istanbul.
Previously, Astana (2012), Eskisehir (2013), Kazan (2014), Merv
(2015), Shaki (2016), Turkestan (2017), Kastamonu (2018), Osh
(2019), Khiva (2020) and Bursa (2022) were cultural capitals of the
Turkic world.
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