Cuban Ambassador to Turkey Alejandro Díaz Palacios held a working meeting with Deputy Serkan Bayram of the Justice and Development Party AKP and vice-chairman of the parliamentary friendship group Cuba-Turkey. He reviewed the state of bilateral relations and their potential for development, particularly in the parliamentary sphere.
The Cuban artist Hakely Nakao, resident in Turkey, participated in an artistic gala organised in homage to the great Turkish poet Nazım Hikmet at the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall of the Ataşehir Municipality in Istanbul, to commemorate the 59th anniversary of his death.
Cuban ambassador to Turkey Alejandro Díaz Palacios held a meeting with Kemal Okuyan, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Turkey, with whom he discussed the historic relations between this political organisation and the Communist Party of Cuba.
The Turkish Association of Friendship with Cuba "José Martí" organised in coordination with the Cuban Embassy in Turkey a Cuban Night last weekend at the NazımHikmet Cultural Centre in this capital.
The Cuban documentary "Mafifa" by Antillean director and producer Daniela Muñoz Barroso was presented last weekend at the MagicalFenerKızılay cinema in the Turkish capital, as part of the 25th International Women's Film Festival "FlyingBroom", which takes place in the Eurasian country from 26 May to 5 June.