Reception timed to 22nd year of Kazakhstan independence held in Turkey
The reception was attended by Turkish deputy PM Bekir Bozdag, deputy General Secretary of the Turkish Justice and Development Party and deputy chairman of the Kazakh-Turkish friendship parliamentary group Ismail Safi, head of the Turkish President's Office Mustafa Isen, chairman of Turkey's Constitutional Court Hashym Kilic, ex-speaker of the Turkishn parliament Hikmet Çetin, chairman of Felicity Party Mustafa Kamalak, chairman of the Great Unity Party Mustafa Destici, deputy chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party Mevlut Cavusoglu, governor of Nevsehir province Abdurrahman Savas, governor of Denizli province Abdulkadir Demir, Turkish interior minister Muammer Guler, education minister Nabi Avci, former defense minister Vecdi Gonul, heads of diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Ankara, Honorary Consuls of Kazakhstan in various provinces of Turkey, representatives of socio-political, scientific, academic and business circles of Turkey and Kazakh expats.
At the reception, deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Bekir Bozdag expressed satisfaction with the development of bilateral cooperation in all areas, focused on the role of the President of Kazakhstan in integration of the Turkic-speaking states and called for further rapprochement of Kazakhstan and Turkey.
Head of the President's Office M.Isen was highly appreciative of achievements of Kazakhstan 's independence under the leadership of the First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and drew special attention to the development and deepening of bilateral and multilateral relations with the brotherly Kazakhstan.
Other guests of the event supported the above speakers. The attendees were shown photos and videos about our country, saw presentation of "Expo-2017", paintings by leading artists of Kazakhstan and tried Kazakh cuisine.
The event aroused great interest of Turkish and foreign nationals, who congratulated Kazakhstan on the 22th year of its independence.
The event was widely covered by Turkish national media.