Turkey has commemorated Tatar poet Gabdulla Tukai and celebrated Mother Tongue Day
28 April 2009, Tuesday
The event to celebrate the 123rd anniversary of the great Tatar poet Gabdulla Tukai and the Day of the Mother Tongue took place in Istanbul, Turkey on April 26.
The Tukai readings on the Turkish land have always drawn attention of representatives of creative intellectuals, public, scientists and representatives of the Tatar Diaspora. This year, the holiday of the native language was organized by the society of culture and mutual aid Idel-Ural with assistance of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, the international organization TURKSOI and the mayor's office in Istanbul.
Information by the RT Plenipotentiary Representation in the Republic of Turkey, April 27, 2009.
On 20 January in the evening Russian President Vladimir Putin called Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev and congratulated him with his birthday. During the conversation Vladimir Putin stated that he is happy to hear bright voice of Mintimer (Sharipovich) and wished him good health and all the best.
On 20 January, congratulating Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev with his birthday, the Chairman of the Russian Government Mikhail Mishustin wrote in his telegramme: “Being a famous and political leader, you have made a substantial contribution into modern development of Tatarstan and have earned the deep respect and gratitude of residents of the republic.
On January 20, the First President of Tatarstan, State Counsellor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev celebrates its 89 birthday.
He received numerous congratulations from the state and regional leaders, public figures, figures in science, education and culture and residents of the country and Tatarstan.
On 16 October in the Kazan Kremlin Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaymiev, who is also the Chairman of the Trustees Council of the regional Revival Fund, had a meeting with the Director General of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, who came to Kazan to take part in a ceremony of opening a new exposition “The Yusupovs. Luxury across the Centuries” at the Hermitage Kazan Exposition Center and which has been prepared especially for the 20th anniversary of the Hermitage’s first representational centre established in 2005 by celebrations of the Kazan Millennium.
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