Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree on measures to declare Shushi, occupied by Azerbaijan as a result of the 44-day war against Artsakh in 2020, the so-called "cultural capital of the Turkic world" in 2023.

According to the order, Aliyev instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to prepare and implement an action plan, as well as to solve other issues arising from the order.