Darkhan Kydyrali

President of the International Turkic Academy

Doctor of history, President of the International Turkic Academy, Astana, Kazakhstan since 2014. Took part in international projects on cross-cultural themes. From 2007 on, he served as Advisor to the Minister of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, expert of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan, Deputy Press Secretary of the President of Kazakhstan; Deputy Secretary-General of the Turkic Council. Academic at the International Academy of Chingiz Aitmatov. Studied at Kazakh National University; Doctorate degrees from Ege University, Istanbul University, Turkey and Kazakh National Pedagogical University. Taught at amongst others L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University (Kazakhstan), Istanbul University, Cairo University, and International Institute of Linguistics (Washington, DC).