First Iranian Festival starts in Turkey

By reading out Holy Qur’an and singing out the national anthems of both countries, the opening ceremony was kicked off.
Basaran Ulusoy, "Turkey will make "Silk Route Project" a reality. To hold this festival in Turkey is signal to show the relation between Turkey and Iran will increase upto desired level…"
Mohammed Ali, Iran’s vice general consul to Turkey, "two countries have warm relations during the history."
As for Iranian Deputy Culture Minister Mahdadi Aghda, he said, "festivals reinforce the relations with other countries. We are glad to be in Turkey. We invite Turkish community to Iran…"
After the opening speeches, folk dance shows were held. Samples of food, music and handcrafts from 17 different regions in Iran will have been displayed during the festival, which will continue until 22nd September.