Culture and Arts Capital of the Turkic World, (Turkish: Türk Dünyası Kültür Başkenti) is a city designated by the TÜRKSOY for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events.

The decision for a cultural capital was made during the tenth meeting of Türksoy in 2010. The first city is selected as Astana for the year 2012. With the 2013 edition, a Eurovision themed song contest, Turkvision Song Contest, debuted.

List of capital cities

See also

  • European Capital of Culture

References

External links

  • (in Turkish, English, and Russian) TÜRKSOY Website

Anau city of Turkmenistan Cultural Capital of Turkic World 2024

President of the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation

Turkmen capital hosts Culture Week of Turkic States

Turkmen city of Anau to cultural capital of Turkic world in 2024

The Azerbaijani Shusha handed over the title of the “Cultural capital