Almaty declared Youth Capital of Turkic World
The city of Lankaran, Azerbaijan, handed this title to the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, Kazinform News Agency cites the Kazakh Culture and Information Ministry’s press service.
Lankaran, which was declared the Youth Capital of the Turkic World in 2024 at the 7th meeting of the youth and sports ministers of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), held the closing ceremony of the program. It drew the participation of the youth delegations from the Organization of Turkic States.
A conference on OTS modeling and a program for training volunteers were held as part of the event.
Earlier at the informal meeting of the OTS Summit in Budapest, Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced that Almaty would become the Youth Capital of the Turkic World in 2025.
Recall that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan on Thursday met with the Speakers of Parliament of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TurkPA) in the Kazakh capital today.
