Andijan hosts 5th Turkic World Museums Meeting as 4th TURKSOY International Theatre Festival opens with "Babur: Longing"

On October 19 the 5th Turkic World Museums Meeting took place in Andijan, Uzbekistan, the Turkic World Culture Capital for 2026. Its theme was "National Costumes in the Turkic World". About 50 museum specialists attended from various Uzbek regions and from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan and Gagauzia.

Twenty academic papers were presented in five sessions. Before the symposium, the 2nd Turkic World Joint Exhibition, "Headwear in the Turkic World", opened. TURKSOY Secretary General Sultan Raev presented the TURKSOY Order to two museum professionals, and ten museums in Uzbekistan received membership certificates of the TURKSOY Museums Association.

The same day the 4th TURKSOY International Theatre Festival opened in Andijan with a grand ceremony. Raev spoke of the city's role in uniting Turkic peoples and its ties to Babur and the poet Cholpon. Uzbekistan's First Deputy Minister of Culture Nodirbek Sayfullayev said the festival aims to strengthen bonds among Turkic peoples through theatre. The host Andijan theatre opened the festival with "Babur: Longing", a play by Usmon Azim.