Culture and Arts Capital of the Turkic World, (

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

: ''Türk Dünyası Kültür Başkenti'') is a city designated by the

TÜRKSOY The International Organization of Turkic Culture tr, Uluslararası Türk Kültürü Teşkilatı or TURKSOY is an international cultural organization of countries with Turkic populations, speaking languages belonging to the Turkic language fami ...

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 The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

themed song contest,

Turkvision Song Contest The Turkvision Song Contest (TSC, tr, Türkvizyon Şarkı Yarışması), also known as the Türkvizyon Song Contest, is a recurring song contest created by Turkish music channel TMB TV, inspired by the format of the Eurovision Song Contest. T ...

, debuted.

List of capital cities

File:Central Downtown Astana 2.jpg, Astana (Kazakhstan), Capital for 2012 File:Eskişehirdetekne.JPG, Eskişehir (Turkey), Capital for 2013 File:Kazan skyline view.jpg,

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

(Russia), Capital for 2014 File:Street in "Yukhari-Bash" Historic-Architectural Reserve in Shaki.JPG, Sheki (Azerbaijan), Capital for 2016 File:Туркестан.jpg,

Turkistan Turkestan, also spelled Turkistan ( fa, ترکستان, Torkestân, lit=Land of the Turks), is a historical region in Central Asia corresponding to the regions of Transoxiana and Xinjiang. Overview Known as Turan to the Persians, western Turke ...

(Kazakhstan), Capital for 2017 File:Kaleden Cumhuriyet Meydanı ve Çevresi.JPG,

Kastamonu Kastamonu is the capital district of the Kastamonu Province, Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 102,059 of which 64,606 live in the urban center of Kastamonu. (Population of the urban center in 2010 is 91,012.) The ...

(Turkey), Capital for 2018 File:Osh 03-2016 img25 view from Sulayman Mountain.jpg,

Osh Osh (Kyrgyz: Ош, romanised Osh; uz, O‘sh/Ўш) is the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country and often referred to as the "capital of the south". It is the oldest city in the country (e ...

(Kyrgyzstan), Capital for 2019 File:View from the city walls, Khiva (4934484894).jpg,

Khiva Khiva ( uz, Xiva/, خىۋا; fa, خیوه, ; alternative or historical names include ''Kheeva'', ''Khorasam'', ''Khoresm'', ''Khwarezm'', ''Khwarizm'', ''Khwarazm'', ''Chorezm'', ar, خوارزم and fa, خوارزم) is a district-level city ...

(Uzbekistan), Capital for 2020 File:Hudavendigar Park in Bursa Turkey.jpg,

Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...

(Turkey), Capital for 2022 File:Shushi, NKR.jpg, Shusha (Azerbaijan), capital for 2023

References

External links

TÜRKSOY Website
{{Turkic Capital of Culture Turkic culture International Organization of Turkic Culture

List of capital cities

See also

References

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