TASHKENT, December 5. /IA "Dunyo"/. An international conference on the topic "The role of Turkestan in the history of the Turkic peoples" was held today in Tashkent, reports a correspondent of the "Dunyo" information agency.

The conference was opened with a welcoming speech by the Secretary General of the Geographical Council of the Turkic States Oybek Norinboev, the Rector of the University of Journalism and Mass Communications of Uzbekistan Sherzodkhon Kudrathodja, the Deputy Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) Mirvohid Azimov, and also the Rector of Istanbul Tikaret University Abdulhamita Avshar, the Director of the Institute made presentations History of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan Azamat Ziyo. The conference was also attended by scientists from Turkey, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and other countries, as well as representatives of higher educational institutions, international organizations and expert communities, whose reports determined the scientific and practical significance of the event.

The international conference was held in the following areas: "Politics and governance in Turkestan, the foundations of the traditions of Turkic statehood", "Science and culture in Turkestan or Moverannahr, as a symbol of medieval classical Islamic culture", "Architectural monuments and art of Turkestan", "Turkic language and its role and significance in the life of the peoples of the region", "Turkestan and the Turkic world".

Participants in the international conference, held under the motto of the great scientist-thinker Imam Bukhari "There is no salvation except science," had the opportunity to study the history of Turkestan and plunge more deeply into the topic of the cultural heritage and wealth of the Turkic peoples. The International Conference laid the foundation for further fundamental, scientific and applied, as well as interdisciplinary scientific research. The conference was held in the languages of the UTC member states.