CULTURAL CAPITALS

As an international organization committed to self-improvement and innovation, TURKSOY declares one city of the Turkic World as its Cultural Capital every year. Within this framework, cities declared as cultural capital were 

• Astana in 2012, 
• Eskisehir in 2013, 
• Kazan in 2014, 
• Merv in 2015, 
• Sheki in 2016, 
• Turkistan in 2017, 
• Kastamonu in 2018, 
• Osh in 2019,
• Khiva in 2020,
• Bursa in 2022
• Shusha in 2023