In the Turkish city of Istanbul, a solemn ceremony of awarding representatives of political, scientific, cultural, business and public circles, as well as the media of the Turkic countries, took place with the XVII international award “Golden People of the Year of the Silk Road” took place.

Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Turkey Alisher Agzamkhodjayev was awarded a prize in the nomination “For services to the Turkic world”, Dunyo IA reported.

Also, representatives of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Moldova and Romania were awarded various awards in other nominations.

Ali Baklan, the head of the “Baktat” group of companies operating in the Kushrabad district of Samarkand region, was also named among the winners of the “Successful Entrepreneur” award, which is awarded to entrepreneurs working in Turkic-speaking countries.