― 11 августа 2021 г.

Photography Exhibition of TURKSOY “Khiva - Cultural Capital of the Turkic World 2020" in Nevşehir

In cooperation with the Municipality of Nevsehir Ortahisar, TURKSOY held its photography Exhibition entitled “Khiva - Cultural Capital of the Turkic World 2020" dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the independence of  Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and inaugurated the Memorial of Hibe Dede.   

The inauguration of the Hibe Dede Memorial which took place within the framework of the cooperation between TURKSOY and the Embassy of Uzbekistan launched by the Municipality of   Ortahisar in 2020 gathered the Governor of Nevşehir  Inci Sezer Becel, the Mayor of Ortahisar Mustafa Ateş, the Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan  in Turkey Avazbek Khodjımetov, the Rector of the University of Cappadocia Prof. Dr. Hasan Ali Karasar, the Representative of Kazakhstan to TURKSOY  Bakıtjan Omarov and the Head of the Department of Administrative, Financial and Legal Affairs of TURKSOY  Mr. Sancar Mülazımoğlu along with many guests.

The inauguration of the memorial was followed by the opening of an exhibition of photographs featuring Khiva which is known as one of the most ancient cities of  Eastern civilization still preserved today and was the first city of Central Asia to have been included in the  World Heritage List of UNESCO in 1990 before being declared as Cultural Capital of the Turkic World by TURKSOY in 2020.

Forest fires which recently stroke Turkey were also on the agenda of the event. Indeed, together with artists of the Turkic World who came to Turkey to contribute to events dedicated to the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the independence of Turkic Republics, members of the delegation of TURKSOY carried out a symbolic planting of saplings in the memorial forest of Ortahisar as a contribution to the restoration of our forests following the devastating fires. Within this framework, TURKSOY also made a donation of  700 saplings to the  TEMA Foundation.

The delegation of  TURKSOY then moved on to the Municiplaity of Ortahisar where it paid a courtesy visit to the Mayor  Mustafa Ateş together with artists of the Turkic World. At the end of the meeting, both parties mutually handed over souvenirs to eachother as a remembrance of the day.