The Eskişehir Governorship and the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TÜRKSOY) are organizing concerts featuring Turkish and Kazakh musicians. To strengthen cultural ties between Kazakhstan and Turkey, the Karagandy Tattimbet Academic Folk Instruments Orchestra will tour around Turkey. The concert's first destination will be Eskişehir, where the audience will enjoy contemporary Turkic music. The orchestra will continue its concert series in Ankara on Jan. 16, Bolu on Jan. 17 and Jan. 18 in Istanbul. Under the baton of Ruslan Baymurzin, there will be Kazakh and Turkish soloists, including Erjigit Ospanhanov, Sercan Musayın, Nurbol Temirgaliyev, Talgat Idrisov, Kamshat Nasyrova, Madina Janabayeva, Erbol Alshynbayev, Kuat Duysenov, Gulmira and Ferya Başel Tüzün. The invited dance groups will lend their own flair to the upcoming free concerts.