Emine Erdoğan visited the Imam al-Bukhari Memorial Complex in Uzbekistan’s city of Samarkand. Erdoğan is in the city to attend a world summit organized under the theme of children’s well-being and sustainable and equitable development for future generations.
Erdoğan prayed during her visit to the complex and then toured the museum. She examined the exhibits and received information about Imam al-Bukhari’s life.
Attendees
The program was also attended by Dr. Esra Albayrak, chair of the board of the NUN Education and Culture Foundation; Ziroat Mirziyoyeva, wife of the President of Uzbekistan; Nimat Aoun, wife of the President of Lebanon; Aigul Japarova, wife of the President of Kyrgyzstan; and Ayşe Harun, daughter of the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

In a statement after the visit, Emine Erdoğan said they had undertaken a spiritual journey at the memorial complex in Samarkand. Erdoğan said Imam al-Bukhari had devoted his life to researching hadiths, adding that she respectfully commemorated the great scholar’s contributions to Islamic civilization at the complex, which has historical and cultural value, and prayed to God to have mercy on him.