Ashgabat marks Berdimuhamedov’s honorary doctorate from Turkish university

A ceremony was held at Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry on November 2 to confer President Serdar Berdimuhamedov with an honorary doctorate from Hacettepe University and present him with the Strategic Friendship Order of Türkiye’s Foreign Economic Relations Board.

A ceremony was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on November 2 to confer President Serdar Berdimuhamedov with an honorary doctorate from Ankara’s Hacettepe University and present him with the Strategic Friendship Order of Türkiye’s Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK), the Turkish Embassy in Ashgabat said. The awards were presented during the Turkmen leader’s participation in the summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Türkiye.

In his remarks, Turkish Ambassador to Turkmenistan Şener Cebeci said the honorary doctorate and the Strategic Friendship Order expressed respect and appreciation for the president and the Turkmen people.

Turkish Ambassador to Turkmenistan Şener Cebeci at the ceremony

The ambassador also stressed that the installation of a monument to the Akhal-Teke horse and the Turkmen yurt “Ak Oy” in the Park of Civilization of Turkic States, opened in Ankara, had become a symbol of the brotherhood between the two peoples.