Official: Shusha - cradle of culture not only for Azerbaijan but for entire Turkic world

Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation of Turkic States Gismat Gozalov has said that Shusha city is the cradle of culture not only for Azerbaijan but for the entire Turkic world.

“As is known, Shusha has been declared the cultural capital of the Turkic world in 2023. Therefore, the planned work is being carried out. A coordinating council is already operating within the Organisation of Turkic States. Together with such fraternal organisations as the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries (TURKPA), the Turkic Academy, the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation, the Organisation of Turkic States is preparing a plan of activities that will be implemented in Shusha in 2023,” Gozalov told reporters during an extraordinary meeting of the think tanks of the Turkic countries in Shusha, according to Report.

Shusha was declared the capital of the Turkic world for 2023 at an extraordinary meeting of the Permanent Council of the International Organisation of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) in Türkiye’s Bursa city on March 31, 2022.