If a nation does not know its history, if the country loses its history, then its citizens have nowhere to go.
Mirzhakyp Dulatuly

Today in history

In 1824 the city of Karkaraly was founded in Karaganda region

In 1997 Budapest hosted presentation of N. Nazarbayev's book «On the threshold of the 21st century»

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In 1993, the International Organization for the joint development of Turkic culture was founded

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In 1993, the International Organization for the joint development of Turkic culture was founded - e-history.kz
July 12, 1993 in Almaty, the Organization of the joint development of Turkic culture and art, whose main goal is cooperation between the Turkic peoples to preserve, develop and transmit to future generations common material and cultural monuments of Turkic peoples was created. Headquartered is located in Ankara, the current CEO of the organization is Dusen Kaseinov, the former Minister of Culture of Kazakhstan, whose role in the organization of TURKSOY and implementation of its plans is very high. In 1996, a formal partnership between TURKSOY and UNESCO, including joint consultation and mutual representation was launched.