Toqayev Visits Atatürk Mausoleum, Holds Talks with YDA Holding Chair

Kazakh President Qasym-Jomart Toqayev continued his official visit to Türkiye on July 30 with a ceremony at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Ankara, Orda.kz reports. 

Toqayev laid flowers and signed the guestbook in honor of modern Türkiye’s founder  — an iconic national figure whose legacy is deeply woven into the country’s identity.

The visit follows a warm welcome the previous day, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan personally met Toqayev at the airport—an honor rarely extended to foreign leaders.

Ankara’s streets were decorated with banners to mark the occasion.

Turkish Investment in Kazakhstan

During the visit, Toqayev also met with YDA Holding Chair Hüseyin Arslan.

The Turkish company is implementing several investment projects in Kazakhstan, including:

• Construction of multidisciplinary hospitals in Turkistan, Astana, and Petropavlovsk
• Expansion of the YDA Industrial Park
• Launch of a sandwich panel plant in Astana
• Creation of a multimodal transit hub in Aqtau

The President also held the following talks:

• S Sistem Lojistik – President Toqayev met with Huseyin Barlin to discuss logistics sector cooperation. He supported the company’s initiative to take part in developing a logistics hub at Aqtobe Airport. The project is being implemented jointly with Kazpost.
• Tiryaki Holding – In a meeting with Suleyman Tiryakioglu, the focus was on cooperation in the agro-industrial sector. The holding plans to build a plant for deep processing of wheat and peas in Astana. They also discussed digitalizing warehouse infrastructure.
• Orzax Group – Toqayev spoke with Selman Alimoglu about the dietary supplements market. Orzax manufactures and exports around 150 types of supplements to 60 countries. The company plans to launch production in the Turkistan region.

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