Azerbaijan partakes at Turkic culture organization's meeting of artists

Source: AzerNews

A meeting of artists of the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) kicked off in the Turkish city of Eski?ehir, which was named the cultural capital of the Turkic world in 2013.

The 16th such meeting is organized by the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency in the framework of the events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of TURKSOY.

The event brings together artists from 18 countries. Azerbaijan is represented by Mehseti Ibrahimov.

Art works will be presented for the viewers from July 14 to September 17.

TURKSOY is an international cultural organization of countries with Turkic populations, whose speaking languages belong to the Turkic language family.

The organization has its roots going back to the 1992 meetings in Baku and Istanbul, where the ministers of culture from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan declared their commitment to cooperate in a joint cultural framework. TURKSOY was subsequently established by an agreement signed on July 12, 1993 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Meetings of TURKSOY artists have been held since 1997. Works created by the artists are stored in the TURKSOY art collection.