ANKARA - Silk Road Turkish Export Products Fair will be held in Istanbul-Astana railway line between April 24th and May 31st.
The Silk Road Train will set off from Istanbul on April 24th to promote Turkey and Turkish products in 7 countries including Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, located on a route of 10 thousand 560 kilometers within 38 days.
The fair aims to revive the Silk Road, one of the most important trade routes of the history, and to further improve commercial and cultural relations among regional countries.
During the fair organized by the Turkish State Railways and the Forum Fair Services Company under the coordination of the Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, Turkish culture, art, tourism and cuisine will be promoted.
The train is composed of 18 containers. One of the containers will be allocated for tourism, culture-arts, another for trade information and contracting services, and the other for the Directorate of Development of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises.