The Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Library has opened at the Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Centre in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The opening ceremony was attended by Türkiye’s Ambassador in Astana, Mustafa Kapucu, members of Kazakhstan’s Parliament and representatives of academic circles. The library holds more than 3,000 books, encyclopaedias, dictionaries and children’s publications in Turkish, Kazakh, English and Russian.
The library was established with the support of Turkish businessman Tansel Tercan and his wife, academic Nurfer Tercan. Ambassador Kapucu thanked the couple in his speech. The Kazakh press, referring to Tercan as a professor, wrote that the couple took the initiative in building a cultural bridge.
In the press: TRT Avaz · Haberler.com (AA) · Egemen Qazaqstan