Bishkek, Sept. 18, 2024. / Kabar/. A Turkic Heritage Center has been opened in Bishkek at Kyrgyz National University named after Jusup Balasagyn. The center will operate under the auspices of the International Fund for Turkic Culture and Heritage, which has structural divisions in a number of countries around the world, the head of the center, Kairat Osmonaliev told.
He said that the center's tasks will include conducting fundamental research in archeology, history, ethnography, folklore, languages, and literature of the Turkic peoples.
Osmonaliev noted that the work will not only be carried out in the plane of theoretical research, but also plans to support programs aimed at studying and preserving historical and cultural sites and monuments of intangible heritage.
"In 2022-23, the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Azerbaijan worked out the issue of establishing partnership relations between the International Fund for Turkic Culture and Heritage (IFTC), whose headquarters are located in Baku, and Kyrgyz National University. Accordingly, a memorandum of cooperation was signed and, as a result, by the decision of the Academic Council of the university in early September this year, the Center for Turkic Heritage was established. The corresponding grant from the IFTC is expected to be received soon. I was offered to head this center," he said.
Also, Osmonaliev noted that the center's activities are aimed at mutual enrichment of the cultures of the Turkic peoples, knowledge of traditions and strengthening the ties of friendship between the two peoples.
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