Turkmenistan Cultural Centre

The State Cultural Centre of Turkmenistan (Döwlet medeniýet merkezi) is a multipurpose performance facility in the Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Located at Archabil avenue, it was founded by the first President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov. It is a place for a wide variety of cultural performances. It was opened in 2007. In the past, bore the name of Saparmurat Turkmenbashi the Great.^[1]

State Cultural Centre of Turkmenistan
Döwlet medeniýet merkezi
The State Cultural Centre of Turkmenistan
Former names	State Cultural Centre of Turkmenistan named after Saparmurat Turkmenbashi the Great
Alternative names	SCCT
General information
Address	Archabil avenue, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Completed	2007

Performance and other facilities

Dmitriy Medvedev in State Cultural Centre of Turkmenistan

State Cultural Centre of Turkmenistan performs educational, museum education and leisure and entertainment functions, conducts activities officially, state and international levels, a variety of political and cultural promotions, international conferences and exhibitions.

In April 2013, the President of Turkmenistan signed a resolution changing the name under the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan National Cultural Center of the Great Saparmurat Turkmenbashi, renaming it to the State Cultural Centre of Turkmenistan.^[2]

Structure

Turkmenistan banknote picturing State Cultural Centre of Turkmenistan

In the structure of the SCCT:

• National Library of Turkmenistan
• The State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan
• Department of the Museum of the first President of Turkmenistan
• Mukam Palace