Meeting to Honor the 5th of Chingiz Aitmatov's Death Anniversary

At the initiative of the Department of Culture Istanbul Municipality "Kültür A.Ş.", the Consulate General of the Kyrgyz Republic and  Kyrgyz Association of Friendship and Culture in Istanbul, held a meeting dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the death of the great Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov. The program took place in the homes of Turkic culture, located in Topkapı. At the beginning of the program, guests gathered at the national yurts to commit ritual prayer and sacrifice a ram. After that, the assembled guests entered the hall-meeting. At the beginning of the program, a documentary film about the great writer\'s last visit to Turkey. It was attended by General Director of the Department of Culture,  Nevzat Kütük, Consul General of the Kyrgyz Republic Mirlan Arstanbaev, Professor Nevzat Yalçıntaş, Professor Hayati Tüfekçioğlu, assistant professor Kalmamat Kulamshaev, associate professor Fakhri Solak, journalist Erkan Tufan Aytav, professor Abdulvahap Kara,  Professor Yakup Çelik and Representatives of the Kyrgyz Association. The meeting consisted of two parts. Professor Nevzat Yalçıntaş, spoke about the importance and role of Chingiz Aitmatov in the Turkic world. In the meetings were performances on the themes of the contents of novels, role and works of Chingiz Aitmatov reflection in the 20th century, the important moments of the translated works of the writer, etc.