On June 2-9, 2018, the research associates of the Institute Botagoz Rakisheva, Ainur Mazhitova, Gulden Ashkenova, Aizhan Nurgaliyeva visited Istanbul (Turkey), where they met with partners of the Institute, in particular with representatives of the Cozum Research Center, professor of sociology at Istanbul University, President of the Union sociologists of Turkic-speaking countries (2005-2014) Ticaret Korkut Tuna, Director of the French Institute of Anadolian Studies Prof. Bayram Balci.