The center of the South Kazakhstan region is located 170 km from Shymkent, in the center of Turkestan.
Turkestan is one of the oldest cities in Kazakhstan with a history of 1500 years. Ancient names of Turkestan - Turkestan, Kultobe V-VI centuries. formed in the XVI-XVIII centuries. It became the capital of the Kazakh Khanate. The first information about it in Arabic inscriptions dates back to the IV-IX centuries. begins to meet under the name Shavgar. The Arab historian-geographer Al-Istahri ibn Kordaubeh al-Tanrazi wrote: “Ancient Shavgar lived until the XI century, and in the XI century. The city center has moved to Yasy”, - he said. In the Middle Ages, the town of Turkestan was in a period of rapid prosperity due to its convenient location on the trade route. In the XII century, the poet, thinker, a great representative of Sufism Hodja Ahmed Yassavi lived and died here. makes up. Archaeological excavations revealed that part of the town, which was connected to the mausoleum building from the north-east and was bounded by the walls of the fortress, was its center - the fortress.
In 2017, the city of Turkestan was declared the “Cultural Capital of the Turkic World”.
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of whole national importance. – Astana: Foliant, 2017. –113-117 pp.
2.The sacred Kazakhstan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7vIPPKhodg
