Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- In Uzbekistan, from 28 December 2021 to 8 January 2022, a 12-day trip was organized for a film crew led by well-known Turkish blogger Serdar Tunjer to Uzbekistan, who was appointed tourism ambassador of Bukhara in Turkey.

The trip was organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Heritage in pursuance of an instruction to develop domestic and pilgrimage tourism, as well as support local tourists and tourism entities.

In the course of the project, educational materials were prepared on the shrines of Islamic scholars of the Nakshbandi tariqa, their scientific heritage, and contribution to Islamic civilization. A total of 49 series were prepared: 5 series under the heading “Biri bir gun”, 30 series under the heading “Sahur Bereketi” for the month of Ramadan for the TRT program, 12 episodes for the heading “Sonsuzluk Kervani” for the Youtube channel “MYMECRA” and 12 episodes for the program “Cat Kapi”.

Filmed materials in Uzbekistan cover the shrines of Khoja Alouddin Attar in Denovsky district, Khoja Muhammad Zohid in Altynsay district, Hakim at-Termizi in Termez, Abu Isa at-Termizi in Sherabad district of Surkhandarya region, Khoja Muhammad Dervesh in Kitab district of Kashkadarya region, Khoja Muhammad Jagiy and the Oksaroy complex in Shakhrisabz, Khazrat Khizr in Samarkand, Shahi Zinda, Shahi Zinda and others. Registan complexes and shrines of Imam al-Bukhari, Khoja Ubaydullah Akhror, Imam Al-Motrudi, 7 feast temples in the Bukhara region. Pictures were taken of the Khazrati Imam complex in Tashkent and the Zangi-ata shrine in the Tashkent region. 

As part of the project, Serdar Tuncer also posted videos on his social media pages in which hundreds of Turks expressed their desire to visit Uzbekistan.

“You can relax on different beaches of the world, but you must come to Bukhara to rest your soul,” said Serdar Tunjer in his interview.

Local mullahs were involved in the preparation of these videos. In addition, the film crew prepared attractive video materials for tourists containing interesting information about the sights of Surkhandarya, Kashkadarya, Samarkand, Bukhara, Tashkent regions and the city of Tashkent.