On September 12, 2024, as part of the celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the great Turkmen poet and thinker Magtymguly Fragi, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Georgia held a presentation of a collection of his poems in Georgian in Tbilisi. Ms. Makvala Gonashvili, Chairman of the Creative Union of Writers of Georgia worked on the translation

The beginning of the academic year in Ashgabat was marked by a real book event - a new bookshop opened in the city, not far from the capital's Yoga Centre (on the site of the old zoo). Even before the official launch, its doors were opened to all: everyone could come in and see what it looks like inside.

Assos, turning its face to the deep blue waters under the shadow of ancient olive trees, is an Aegean jewel at the foot of Mount Ida.

The 6th Tsinandali Classical Music Festival is taking place in Georgia from August 31 to September 8. The annual festival at the Tsinandali estate in the beautiful Kakheti region of Georgia held since 2019 represents a classical music venue at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, featuring world-famous musicians, orchestras, and artists.

Turkmen music is a treasure trove of folk art, which has always attracted and inspired researchers, travelers, composers, artists and writers. The musical heritage of the Turkmen includes wise proverbs and riddles, cheerful and sad ritual songs, love, solemn and heroic songs of bakhshi, epics and destans about the glorious exploits of heroes, defenders of the land of the people, performed to the accompaniment of the invariable dutar.

“Towards the VIII Festival “Sounds of Dutar” - this is the name of the concert, which will be held on 15 September in Moscow, at the Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Russian Academy of Arts, and will be a kind of prelude to the VIII Moscow International Arts Festival “Sounds of Dutar” named after Nury Halmamedov, which this year will be held from 28 October to 3 November. The concert will feature jury members and laureates of musical competitions of different years. It starts at 16.00.

Day of Turkmenistan was held as part of the Caspian Seasons international classical art festival in Astrakhan on Saturday, August 24.

The final of the music competition "Çalsana, bagşy!" ("Play, bakhshi!") was held at the Mukams Palace of the State Cultural Center. This event is a separate nomination in the state creative competition "Türkmeniň Altyn asyry" for the Prize of the President of Turkmenistan.

The immortal lines of the great eastern poet and thinker Magtymguly Fragi sounded in the Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory on August 21 at an evening dedicated to his 300th anniversary.

A set of sculptures belonging to the Scylla group has been unearthed at Laodikeia in Denizli, a city famous for its archaeological monuments in Türkiye’s Western Anatolian Region. These extraordinary sculptures, reflecting the baroque style of the Hellenistic period, stand out with their well-preserved original paint and artistic style. The Laodikeia excavations are part of the “Legacy for the Future” project, initiated by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, to preserve Anatolia’s archaeological heritage and pass it on to future generations.