Kyrgyzstan's Bishkek Sets Up Turkic Heritage Center
Date
9/18/2024 3:10:10 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 18. The center has
been established at the Kyrgyz National University named after
Jusup Balasagyn (KNU), which will function under the auspices of
the International Fund for Turkic Culture and Heritage, which has
structural divisions in several countries around the world, Head of
the center, Kairat Osmonaliev said Trend reports via official
media.
According to him, the tasks of the center will include
conducting fundamental research in archeology, history,
ethnography, folklore, languages, and literature of Turkic
peoples.
Osmonaliev noted that the work will not only be in the plane of
theoretical research; it is planned to support programs aimed at
studying and preserving historical and cultural sites and monuments
of intangible heritage.
“In 2022-2023, the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Azerbaijan worked
out the issue of establishing partnership relations between the
International Foundation for Turkic Culture and Heritage (IFTCH),
the headquarters of which is located in Baku, with KNU named after
J. Balasagyn. Consequently, a memorandum of cooperation was signed,
and, as a result, the Center of Turkic Heritage was established by
the decision of the Academic Council of the university in early
September this year. Soon it is expected to receive the
corresponding grant of the IFTCH. I was offered to head this
center,” he said.
Osmonaliev also mentioned that the center's activities are aimed
at the mutual enrichment of Turkic cultures, learning traditions,
and strengthening the bonds of friendship between the two
nations.
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