Today, the Culture Week, which took place over several days in the Balkan velayat, concluded. The closing ceremony of the creative forum coincided with celebrations of Culture and Art Workers Day, as well as the Day of Poetry of Magtymguly Fragi – a holiday widely celebrated in our country, becoming one of the main events dedicated to this date.
Today, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular online meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers to consider a number of issues of state life.
In order to significantly improve activities in the domestic cultural sphere, enrich national culture, art and literature with modern works, enhance the professionalism of creative figures, improve the work of the media, encourage creative figures to create new works in the era of the Revival of the new epoch of the powerful state, as well as to hold, in accordance with the spirit of the Turkmen national holiday, the Culture Week, traditionally timed to coincide with the Day of Cultural and Art Workers, as well as the poetry of Magtymguly Fragi, the President of Turkmenistan signed a Resolution ordering the holding of the Culture Week in the Dashoguz velayat from the 22nd to 27th of June, 2027.
Each day of Culture Week, held in Balkan velayat, is filled with a series of vibrant and unforgettable events. Such a diverse program of events enhances the significance and level of this creative celebration, reflecting the richness and achievements of national culture and art.
In Balkan velayat, the Week of culture successfully proceeds. The fourth day of a large-scale forum was also rich with significant cultural actions, the well organization of which corresponds to the overall objective of the Week - preservation, all-round study and wide popularisation of the spiritual values of our people, assistance to the professional growth of creative figures, revealing of new talents and increase of the cultural level of society.
On June 25, 2026, a telephone conversation took place between the National Leader of the Turkmen People, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanuly Berdimuhamedov, and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
On June 25, 2026, a meeting was held between Oguljahan Atabayeva, Vice-President for Medical Affairs of the Charity Fund for Providing Assistance to Children in Need of Guardianship named after Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and Narine Sahakyan, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkmenistan.
On June 26, 2026, a meeting was held between Oguljahan Atabayeva, Vice-President for Medical Affairs of the Charity Fund for Providing Assistance to Children in Need of Guardianship named after Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Ji Shumin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Turkmenistan.
On June 26, 2026, a meeting was held between Oguljahan Atabayeva, Vice-President for Medical Affairs of the Charity Fund for Providing Assistance to Children in Need of Guardianship named after Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Rana Abu Hijleh, Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Turkmenistan.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov sent heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Ms. Nataša Pirc-Musar, on the occasion of the country's national holiday – Statehood Day.
