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| Title: | Opera artists of the Turkic world to gather in Mersin and Girne - (2008-08-27) | |||||
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The event is organized by the Joint Administration of Turkic Culture and Art (TÜRKSOY), an international body that oversees cultural cooperation among its 14 member states, in collaboration with the Mersin State Opera and Ballet and the Greater Mersin Municipality, the Anatolia news agency reported. The event is being held on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Azerbaijani national opera’s production of “Leyla and Mecnun,” which is billed by opera circles as the first-ever Eastern opera. Opera artists from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), Bashkor-tostan and Tatarstan are scheduled to attend the event, which will later travel to northern Cyprus for a concert on Sept. 14 in Girne. |
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