From October 31 to November 4, the 1st International TURKSOY Theater Festival will be held in Shusha and Baku, Report informs.

The festival will be held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the national leader of the Azerbaijani people, Heydar Aliyev, the declaration of the city of Shusha as the cultural capital of the Turkic world for 2023, the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the professional national theater of Azerbaijan, and the 30th anniversary of TURKSOY.

The collectives of TURKSOY member countries—Samarkand Musical Drama Theater from Uzbekistan, Issyk Gol Musical Drama Theater named after Kasimali Jantoshev from Kyrgyzstan, Turkestan Musical Drama Theater from Kazakhstan, Istanbul State Theater from Türkiye, and Turkmenistan State Musical Drama Theater named after Mahdimgulu—will take part in the festival.

The festival will also bring together well-known theater experts and stage personalities from the Turkic world, and the issues of the development of this field in sister countries will be discussed.

As part of the international event, the 9th meeting of the council of directors of state theaters of TURKSOY member countries is planned to be held in Shusha.