Elabuga and Turkish city Safranbolu are twin cities

One more twin city of Elabuga (along with Alexin of Tula region) has appeared - Turkish city Safranbolu. Agreement on establishment of twin cities ties was signed in Elabuga by the government prosecutor Ilshat Gafurov and deputy government prosecutor of Safranbolu Jalchyn Ozjorek.

Safranbolu is included in the list of World Heritage Site of UNESCO. City is known since the third millennium B.C. More than thousands of buildings presented excellent samples of ancient architecture remained in a good state of preservation.

Safranbolu and Elabuga are the same to a large extent. Both are small – 35 thousand and 70 thousand of population of course. Both are in a good state of preservation of historical part and tourist. More 300 thousand tourists visit Elabuga annually; it isn’t situated by the sea, but among the hills two hours journey from Ankara. Past year 90 thousand excursionists visited Elabuga, although this figure was seemed fabulous last year. As far as there is potential, Turk’s development experiment of tourist infrastructure will be adopted. This is one of conditions of future cooperation.

Cooperation will be carried out under the aegis of World Organisation “United cities and local governments” and organisation of cities’ World Heritage.

Agreement for establishment of sworn brotherhood includes such points as expansion of cultural and trade and economic ties, establishment of contacts between private entrepreneurs, holding of sport contests, realization of joint tourist projects, exchange of experience in the museum work – considerable part here will undertake State culture preserve of Elabuga. It is planned the exchange of students and pupils. Such method of collaboration is established with some Russian cities, for example, with Suzdal, Uglich, and now children of Elabuga will go Turkey where in April 23, the Day of Children will be celebrated.

The agreement is provided for exchange of doctors, teachers, managers, creative intellectuals including journalists, that emphasised arrived in the group of Turkish delegation main editor of regional television Mehmet Chetinkaya. Artist from Safranbolu have already taken part in the art project “Adam’s rip” that has just finished in Elabuga.

Parties obliged to support activity of Tatar Diaspora in Safranbolu and Turkish in Elabuga. But for the present the Tatar aren’t in Safranbolu, but their appearance is the question of time. Today

Tatar Diaspora is presented by leadership of two joint enterprises. Meanwhile people of two cities have mutual interest to each other. So, it is decided to create fan club of the Turkish language.