09:30, 07 декабря 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Anastasia MOKRENKO
Following the results of the 35th meeting of the International Organization of Turkic Culture in the city of (), the 2018th was declared the Year of Chingiz Aitmatov. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism of the .
Recall, 2018 will mark the 90th anniversary since the birth of the writer.
The international organization of Turkic culture unites , , , and . TURKSOY puts the main goal - developing «cooperation between the Turkic peoples for the preservation, development and transfer to the future generations of common material and cultural monuments of the Turkic peoples.»