The International Book Festival Kitaptime was held in the capital of Kazakhstan, which brought together publishers, writers and readers from different countries. The Embassy of Turkmenistan in Astana took part in the festival, which presented bright novelties about Turkmen culture and achievements.

The International Festival of Culture and Art "Gorkut Ata" and a film forum with the participation of cinematographers from Central Asia and TURKSOY will be held in the Azerbaijani city of Shusha. From October 8 to 12, Shusha – the cultural capital of the Turkic world-2023 will turn into a creative platform and a large cinema hall, where film producers from around the world will show their best pictures.

In honor of ITEC Day (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Program), which is celebrated annually on September 15, the Embassy of India in Turkmenistan invites ITEC graduates to participate in a short film competition.

The XV International Film Festival "Pearl of the Silk Road" will be held in the capital of Uzbekistan from September 29 to October 2. The main venues of the film forum this year will be located in Tashkent and Samarkand. To participate in the competitive program of the festival and applied for film-makers from nearly 30 countries, including Central Asian States, Russia, Israel, Croatia, Japan, Poland, France, Latvia, Chile, Korea, Estonia, Germany, Portugal, Singapore and Ukraine.

Popular pop singer Elena Oreshkina has a double anniversary this year. She decided to celebrate with a solo concert, which will take place on October 14 in the capital’s Turkmenistan cinema and concert hall. The “Autumn Waltz” program will present the audience with the performer’s original songs, timeless and favorite hits of Russian and Soviet composers, as well as the best romances.

The Youth Symphony Orchestra of the CIS countries performed on September 12 in Bishkek at a gala concert in honor of the opening of the XVI Forum of creative and Scientific intelligentsia of the CIS states. The consolidated composition included musicians from the orchestras of the Commonwealth countries, the Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography of the Russian Federation and seven musicians from the State Symphony Orchestra of Turkmenistan under the baton of conductor Rasul Klychev.

Turkmen fashion house SENNUR will take part in the International Festival of Folk and Applied Art "Hunarmand" in the Uzbek city of Kokand.

The best young bagshy’s musicians, winners of the "Çalsana, bagşy!" contest that finished on Tuesday, were awarded in Ashgabat. The finalists were 12 people who were awarded prize gold chains on behalf of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

The training mobile game Prostokvashino: Supermarket was released by Soyuzmultfilm film studio together with the developer studio KB Production. The heroes of the famous village from the popular animated sitcom "Prostokvashino" - Uncle Fyodor, Matroskin, Sharik and others will teach children the basics of mathematics and numeracy in an entertaining way.

The concert of masters of culture and art of Central Asian countries will be held in Dushanbe. Turkmen artists – pop singers, musicians, dance groups, as well as actors of youth creative collectives will participate in the festive program, which will be held in Tajikistan as part of the fifth Consultative Meeting of the heads of Central Asian states and the meeting of the heads of the founding states of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) on September 14-15.