Emine Erdoğan visits Imam al-Bukhari memorial complex in Samarkand

Emine Erdoğan, wife of the President of Türkiye, visited the Imam al-Bukhari memorial complex while attending the World Summit on Child Well-Being in Samarkand. She prayed and toured the museum.

Emine Erdoğan, wife of the President of Türkiye, visited the Imam al-Bukhari memorial complex in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. She is in the city to attend a world summit on child well-being and the sustainable and equitable development of future generations.

At the complex, Erdoğan prayed and then toured the museum, where she viewed the exhibits and learned about the life of Imam al-Bukhari.

Mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari near Samarkand

The visit was also attended by Esra Albayrak, chair of the board of trustees of the NUN Education and Culture Foundation; Ziroat Mirziyoyeva, wife of the President of Uzbekistan; Nimat Aoun, wife of the President of Lebanon; Aigul Zhaparova, wife of the President of Kyrgyzstan; and Aisha Harun, daughter of the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

After the visit, Emine Erdoğan said that they had undertaken a spiritual journey in Samarkand. She noted that Imam al-Bukhari had devoted his life to the study of hadith and paid tribute to the great scholar's works left to Islamic civilization.