The Kazakh president opened Ataturk Monument in
the Kazakh capital on Thursday. “Ataturk was the biggest leader brought up by the Turkish nation,” Kazakh
President Nursultan Nazarbayev said during the inaugural ceremony in capital
Astana.The Ataturk Monument was constructed on the bank of River Ishim (Esil) in
Astana.Turkey’s State Minister Faruk Celik was to participate in the inauguration,
however he cancelled his trip to Kazakhstan. Undersecretary Ismet Yilmaz of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism represented Turkey in the ceremony.
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