Turkey advocates sustainable tourism
Turkey is the first country in the world to sign an agreement with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) at the national level and develop a national sustainable tourism program.
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Diyarbakir - a city in the heart of the Sun
The route of my next business trip ran from the Turkmen capital to Ancient Mesopotamia, more precisely the city of Amida, now famous Diyarbakir in Turkey.
Collecting stones: impressions from the VII Moscow Arts Festival “Sounds of Dutar”
The past thirty years have become a time of wasteful scattering of stones in our vast and once common expanses. How many names, traditions, schools have sunk into oblivion! The legacy is still being thoughtlessly scattered - look at the archive folders with scores discovered a few weeks ago in the Lenfilm trash heap...
Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Turkmenistan: A look at China through keywords (19th issue)
Eight years ago, the Chinese President and other world leaders adopted the Paris Agreement with great political determination and wisdom, marking a new beginning in global cooperation to combat climate change. On December 1, 2023, the special representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping, a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, and Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Ding Xuexiang took part in the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Dubai and made a speech. As Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Turkmenistan, I am ready, based on the speech of Vice-Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Ding Xuexiang, to acquaint the friends of Turkmenistan with the important contribution and position of China in the field of global climate management.
DevFest'23 – getting to know the speakers (Issue 4)
DevFest'23 will take place in a couple of days, and ORIENT continues to introduce readers to the speakers of the long-awaited IT conference. In this issue, you will meet Daniil Maykovsky, Nazar Annanazarov, Sheker Saparova and Emir Hudayberdiyev.
Joseph Pilates - creator of a unique technique
Joseph Pilates, a German-American physical trainer who gave his name to one of the most popular forms of exercise in the West, was born 140 years ago on December 9th. Pilates concluded that "modern" lifestyles, poor posture and ineffective breathing were at the root of poor health. He eventually developed a series of exercises and training techniques, and designed all the equipment, features and settings needed to teach his methods. It was called Pilates.
DevFest'23 — knowing the speakers (Part 2)
Within the framework of the informational campaign on upcoming DevFest'23 in Ashgabat, ORIENT makes the website readers familiar with the speakers of the festival and the topics they are going to talk on, in order to give visitors a deeper understanding of what awaits them on the major technological event of the year. In this part you will read about Annageldi Esenov, Allan Kazakov, Gulnar Saryyeva, and Shanazar Valiyev.
16 thousand liters of water are spent on one bitcoin transaction
Many people may have heard that a lot of electricity is spent on transactions with cryptocurrencies. However, not everyone knows exactly how much. In particular, bitcoin turns out to be very voracious. Alex de Vries, an expert from the University of Amsterdam, calculated this year the cost of mining bitcoin in the amount of 2,237 gigalitres of water.
If you take 5 thousand steps every day
What happens if you take 5 thousand steps every day? Read more about this in the Tengri Life material.
Journey of Turkmen Youth Delegation to UN COY18 in Dubai
In the heart of Dubai, the COY18 unfolded as a three-day symphony of global collaboration, where over 1000 participants from 165 countries gathered to confront the pressing challenges of our climate crisis.
DevFest'23 — knowing the speakers (Part 1)
It is already December, and this means DevFest Ashgabat conducted by Google Developers Group (GDG) in Turkmenistan third year in a row is coming closer. Within the framework of the upcoming IT conference, we start the campaign of raising awareness about the speakers of the festival and the topics they are going to talk on, in order to give visitors a deeper understanding of what awaits them on the major technological event of the year. In this article you will read about Ilyas Seisov, Shasenem Chakanova, Ilyas Kudratullayev, and Myrat Sahetgulyyev.
Over a million hotel beds in Turkey have been certified to meet sustainable tourism requirements
Over a million hotel beds in Turkey have received certificates and confirmation of compliance with sustainable tourism requirements. This is evidenced by data published by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey on the occasion of the World Travel Market exhibition, which was held in London.
The heritage of society is a true and successful path to its modernization: impressions of a trip to China
Not long ago, as part of the Turkmen delegation, I was lucky enough to go on a ten-day business trip to the People's Republic of China. The organizers of the event, the Chinese Association for Peace and Disarmament, having invited leading analysts and experts from the region, set themselves the task of clearly demonstrating their own model of state modernization.
Izmir is among the top ten cities according to the popular travel guide in the world
Izmir was included in the top ten best cities according to the popular travel guide in the world Lonely Planet.
Magnificent discoveries in Karahantepe and Göbeklitepe: The largest human statue and the first painted animal statue
New finds have been discovered at Göbeklitepe and Karahantepe, which are among the world's oldest Neolithic sites.
