The first initiative calls for declaring 2028 the Year of Chingiz Aitmatov in the Turkic World in honor of the 100th anniversary of the outstanding writer’s birth.

The second proposal concerns designating Talas as the cultural capital of the Turkic World in 2028. Talas region is the birthplace of the epic poem Manas and the world-renowned writer Chingiz Aitmatov.

TURKSOY Secretariat plans to officially submit these proposals to the government of Kyrgyzstan.