majority of people here do not know that Turkestan is an ethno-cultural nomenclature indicating the region where Turkic peoples live in Central Asia. People thinks it's just a city. However, in the pre-Soviet period, this geography was described as Turkestan and intellectuals shed blood for the independence of Turkestan. Turar Ryskulov, Torokul Dzhanuzakov, Abdulhamid Sulaymon Choʻlpon, Mustafa Shokay and many more.