Culture and Arts Capital of the Turkic World

Culture and Arts Capital of the Turkic World, (Turkish: Türk Dünyası Kültür Başkenti) is a city designated by the TÜRKSOY for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events.

Astana

Eskişehir

Kazan

Mary

Sheki

Turkistan

Kastamonu

Osh

Khiva

Bursa

Shusha

Anau

Aktau

Location of Turkic Capitals of Culture

The decision for a cultural capital was made during the tenth meeting of Türksoy in 2010. The first city is selected as Astana for the year 2012.^[1] With the 2013 edition, a Eurovision themed song contest, Turkvision Song Contest, debuted.^[2]

List of capital cities

Year	City	Country/Region	Notes/Notable activities
2012	Astana	Kazakhstan	-
2013	Eskişehir	Turkey	Turkvision Song Contest 2013
2014	Kazan	Tatarstan ( Russia)	Turkvision Song Contest 2014
2015	Mary	Turkmenistan	-
2016	Sheki	Azerbaijan	-
2017	Turkistan	Kazakhstan	-
2018	Kastamonu	Turkey	-
2019	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	-
2020	Khiva	Uzbekistan	Also 2021, due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Bursa	Turkey	2022 World Nomad Games, 2nd Korkut Ata Film Festival
2023	Shusha	Azerbaijan[3]	3rd Korkut Ata Film Festival
2024	Anau	Turkmenistan[4]	-
2025	Aktau	Kazakhstan[5]	-

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  Astana (Kazakhstan), Capital for 2012
• 
  Eskişehir (Turkey), Capital for 2013
• 
  Kazan (Russia), Capital for 2014
• 
  Mary (Turkmenistan), Capital for 2015
• 
  Sheki (Azerbaijan), Capital for 2016
• 
  Turkistan (Kazakhstan), Capital for 2017
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  Kastamonu (Turkey), Capital for 2018
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  Osh (Kyrgyzstan), Capital for 2019
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  Khiva (Uzbekistan), Capital for 2020-21
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  Bursa (Turkey), Capital for 2022
• 
  Shusha (Azerbaijan), capital for 2023
• 
  Aktau (Kazakhstan), capital for 2025

See also

• European Capital of Culture