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1. President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov has appointed 1st class lawyer Meylis Atayev as prosecutor of Mary velayat, releasing him from the post of prosecutor of Kunyaurgench etrap of Dashoguz velayat. Let us remind that the position of the prosecutor of the Mary velayat has remained vacant until today after Allanazar Niyazlyev, who headed the prosecutor’s office of this region since August 12, 2020, was appointed Deputy Prosecutor General of Turkmenistan on April 3, 2023.
2. Two famous Russian circuses will present their best performances in Balkanabat. This will be the last city in Turkmenistan that the artists will visit within the framework of their tour, which began in the city of Arkadag. From September 10 to 17, residents and guests of Balkanabat will be able to enjoy a unique circus show program, which includes performances by artists of various genres of circus art - from aerialists and tightrope walkers to tightrope walkers and jugglers. Spectators will also see trained lions, tigers and bears, as well as laugh at the jokes of funny clowns.
4. The art and culture of the Turkmen people were presented at the 25th International Anatolian Festival of Culture and Art of the Turkic Peoples, which started on September 1 in Ankara. According to the draw held by the organizing committee of the festival among the diplomatic missions in Ankara, the 5th day of the festival was declared the Day of Turkmenistan. Over 20 thousand spectators gathered to get acquainted with the culture and art of the Turkmen people. On the big stage, pop singer Begench Orayev successfully presented the Turkmen musical art and his author's song Arkadagly türkmen.
5. Turkmenistan will be represented at the VII World Congress of Mathematicians of the Turkic World, which will be held from September 20 to 23 in the city of Turkestan. The forum is held with the aim of expanding international relations and scientific cooperation of scientists, promoting the development of mathematical science and the application of the achievements of mathematics, information technology in scientific research, technology and education.
World
6. The festival of Muslim cinema has started in Kazan. The event is attended by 52 films from more than 11 countries. The main theme of the festival films are universal values, spiritual and moral guidelines, cultural traditions and principles of tolerance and humanism.
7. At the airport of the capital of Finland, as an experiment, they will begin testing the world's first digital tourist passports. A digital tourist passport will reduce the time it takes to go through passport control at the border and avoid paperwork. The results of the experiment will be evaluated in 2024. In addition, Croatia plans to conduct a similar experiment with digital passports this year.
Sport
8. The Olympic football team of Turkmenistan (U-23) defeated the Taiwan team with a score of 4:0 in the first match of the qualifying round of the 2024 Asian Cup. Ashgabat “Kopetdag” forward Shamammed Hydyrov scored a hat-trick, another goal scored by “Altyn Asyr” football player Nurmyrad Rozyev. The qualifying tournament in group “K” is held in a centralized format in the Indonesian city of Surakarta. The rivals of the Turkmen national team in the group are the teams of Taiwan and Indonesia. In the next match, the Olympic team of Turkmenistan will meet with the Indonesian team on September 12.
9. Turkmen tennis player Ilima Huseynova reached the semifinals of the Asian Junior Tennis Championship, which is attended by 24 leading tennis players from Asia and Oceania. In the quarterfinals of the tournament, Ilima Huseynova defeated Indian tennis player Diya Ramesh with a score of 7:6, 1:6, 6:4. For reaching the final of the tournament, the representative of Turkmenistan will play with the fourth seed at the tournament, the Thai tennis player Tarita Hongsek.