From October 17 to 22, 2026, the "5th Regular Meeting of the TURKSOY Union of Museums" and the "5th Meeting of Museums of the Turkic World" were held in Andijan, Republic of Uzbekistan, as part of the "Andijan – Cultural Capital of the Turkic World" program.

The international symposium was organized through the cooperation of the TURKSOY General Secretariat, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Cultural Heritage Agency of Uzbekistan, and the Administration of the Andijan Region.

Leading museum professionals and coordinators from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, and Gagauzia attended the international gathering aimed at strengthening cooperation in preserving, studying, and promoting the historical and cultural heritage of the Turkic world. G. K. Ualiyeva, Head of the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage Sites Department at the "Bozok" State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve under the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Master of Geographic Sciences), actively participated in the symposium and delivered an informative presentation.

In her paper titled "Semiotics of Ornament and Color in the Traditional Clothing of Turkic Peoples: Historical Continuity and Shared Ethnocultural Codes," she provided a comprehensive scientific analysis of the shared continuity in the material heritage of Turkic peoples, as well as the ethno-symbolic significance of the visual-semiotic signs and color systems of traditional costumes.

During the symposium, museum specialists from TURKSOY member states exchanged professional experiences and discussed joint research projects as well as the organization of international exhibitions for the upcoming period.