The Awaza Congress Center ( tk, Kongresler merkezi ) is located in the
Awaza Borough of the city of
Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan
Türkmenbaşy ( Turkmen Cyrillic: Түркменбашы, Turkmen Arabic; توركمنباشی, also spelled Turkmenbashi, a back-formation of the Cyrillic Түркменбаши), formerly known as Krasnovodsk (russian: Красноводск), ...
. It is one of the largest
conference centres in the world. It is used for conventions, exhibitions and concerts. It opened in September 2015.
Overview
Built by
Turkish construction firm
Polimeks
Polimeks İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. is a Turkish holding company based in Istanbul. Polimeks, established in 1995 and grew to become one of the world’s leading construction companies, in recent years transformed into a global investment holding ...
, work on the project began in November 2012 and ended in September 2015. The center was opened by
President of Turkmenistan
The president of Turkmenistan ( tk, Türkmenistanyň prezidenti), officially the president and chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, is the head of state and head of government of Turkmenistan. The president is also the supreme c ...
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow (born 29 June 1957), also known as Arkadag (Cyrillic: Аркадаг, "protector"), is a Turkmen politician who served as the second president of Turkmenistan from 2006 to 2022.
A dentist by profe ...
on 8 September 2015.
Halls
The Awaza Congress Center consists of two conference halls with 2000 and 476 seats, one banquet hall with a capacity of 450 and 256 persons depending on seating or buffet arrangement, and a press conference hall with a capacity of 128 persons. The Congress Center also houses a 130-capacity multipurpose meeting room for heads of states, a hall for signing bilateral protocols, and a meeting hall for government delegations.
Events
On September 10, 2015, a meeting of the
People's Council of Turkmenistan
The People's Council of Turkmenistan ( tk, Halk Maslahaty, ɑlq mɑθlɑxɑt̪ɯ "People's Council") is the upper chamber of Turkmenistan's Parliament, the " National Council" ( tk, Milli Geňeş). It consists of 56 members, 48 elected from th ...
was held in the Convention Center.
В Авазе состоялось заседание Совета старейшин Туркменистана
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References
External links
Awaza Congress Center by Polimeks
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Convention centers in Turkmenistan
Concert halls in Turkmenistan
High-tech architecture
Event venues established in 2015
2015 establishments in Turkmenistan
Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan