1. The Anau city in Turkmenistan has been elected the cultural capital of the Turkic world in 2024. The decision was taken following the results of the 39th meeting of the Permanent Council of the Ministers of Culture of the TURKSOY member countries in Bursa. A delegation from Turkmenistan headed by Minister of Culture Atageldy Shamuradov is participating in the meeting of the TURKSOY Council.
2. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov will visit the United Arab Emirates in November this year. The issues of organizing the visit were discussed at the meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Berdyniyaz Matiev with the UAE Ambassador Ahmed Al-Hai Al-Hameli.
3. From November 7, 2022, drivers of foreign and Turkmen vehicles will be allowed to enter, exit and transit through the territory of Turkmenistan. For freight transport, 10 automobile checkpoints are opened. Entry and exit are permitted at border crossings with the state borders of Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.
4. Turkish Airlines will make four charter flights on the Ashgabat-Istanbul route in November. The flights will be operated on November 14, 19, 21 and 26, 2022. Turkish Airlines aircraft will depart Ashgabat at 18:45 and land at Istanbul Airport at 20:55.
5. In Turkmenistan, with the participation of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the next stage of a large-scale planting campaign was launched within the framework of the implementation of the National Forest Program. This year, according to the Decree of the head of state, it is prescribed to plant 3 million seedlings of deciduous, coniferous, fruit trees and grapes, including 1,5 million - by ministries and departments, as well as the capital's hyakimlik.
6. The tallest woman in the world, Turkish Rumeysa Gelgi, made her first plane trip in her life. Due to a rare genetic condition, Weaver's syndrome, which causes accelerated growth, Rumeysa often has to move around on a stretcher or in a wheelchair, although sometimes she takes short walks. Her height is 2,15 meters, which permits her to enter the Guinness World Records.
7. “Friends” star Jennifer Aniston has filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband Brad Pitt. The reason was that Pitt decided to sell their common business without talking to Aniston. At the beginning of the 2000s, the then spouses Pitt and Aniston created a joint film company Plan B. After the divorce, the company went to Pitt, and Aniston did not claim any rights to it at that time.
8. The youth team of Turkmenistan (U-14) will participate in the championship of the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA). The tournament will be held from November 11 to 18 in the city of Gissar in Tajikistan. Four more teams will also participate in the tournament - Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
