Baku International Book Fair has started for the 7th time this year at the Baku Expo Center. Nearly 200 publishing houses and printing companies from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Bulgaria, Georgia, France, Indonesia, Iran, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Egypt, Uzbekistan and Russia opened stands at the fair. Participating in the fair with 22 publishing houses, Turkey’s stand attracted great attention.
The fair, which will continue until October 10, aims to promote reading, promote the books of both Azerbaijani and foreign publishers to the visitors, and support publishing. The fair is dedicated to the 880th anniversary of the birth of Nizami Ganjavi, one of the leading names in world literature, Azerbaijani poet and thinker.