(CUL) ATATURK MONUMENT OPENS IN KAZAKH CAPITAL.ASTANA, Oct 8, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- The Kazakh president opened Ataturk Monument in the Kazakh capital on Thursday. "Ataturk was the biggest leader brought up by the Turkish nation," Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev (Kazakh: Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев [Nûrsûltan Äbîshûlâ Nazarbayev]; Russian: said during the inaugural ceremony in capital Astana. The Ataturk Monument was constructed on the bank of River Ishim (Esil) in Astana. Turkey's State Minister Faruk Celik was to participate in the inauguration, however he cancelled his trip to Kazakhstan. Undersecretary Ismet Yilmaz of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Ministry of Culture and Tourism
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