Menbud delivers books on the Keris to the Turkish Presidential Library

Culture Minister Jakarta – Fadli Zon visited the presidential library of the Republic of Türkiye, a national library. He met with the head of the Department of Library Ayhan Tuglu. This is one of the follow -up to the signing of the sleeve in the cultural field between Indonesia and Türkiye held yesterday, Thursday (10/04) before President Prabowo and President Erdogan in the Turkish President Palace. “I think it is a very interesting breakthrough to make the younger generation more visit to the library. Literacy about the history, culture and civilization of a nation is very important to strengthen nationalism and love for the motherland,” Menbud Fadli Zon said in a written statement, Friday (11/4/2025). Browse to continue the content, according to him, this library is very interesting because the time is open 24 hours a week throughout the day. Visitors also get facilities in the form of snacks such as soup and coffee to attract many people and especially young people to visit this library. On this occasion, Fadli also had the honor of submitting about 50 books written by the Minister of Culture Fadli Zon about Indonesian culture, including Kujang, Indonesian puppet sharters, Keris -Barms, Lombok Keris, as well as several other books such as the political economy of development and food and agriculture in the neoliberal era. “Through these books, I hope that more and more Turkish people will influence the culture, history and identity of the Indonesian people, so that they can strengthen the relationship between the two countries that have been established with the Aceh Sultanate even since the Ottoman Empire era,” he said. Furthermore, the Ministry of Culture will follow up of the sleeve in the field of culture with the Turkish through the attempt to document oral traditions as an attempt to preserve the identity and local wisdom of the two countries, cooperation in the field of literature and translation of works, and the preservation of manuscripts, one of which is through digitalization. “Through collaboration in the field of culture, I am optimistic that the relationships of Indonesia and Turkey will be increasingly close, benefits for the two countries will have, and strengthen the relationship between countries amid a multipolar world that requires solidarity and cooperation to strengthen the substance of friendship,” he decided. (ANL/EGA) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here