CHIEF IMAM APPOINTED IN TURKESTAN REGION

Yerkebulan Karakulov was appointed Chief Imam of Turkestan region. Deputy Chairman of the Duma Yershat Ongarov presented the new Chief Imam to the Turkestan community.
Yerkebulan Karakulov was born in Shymkent. In 1998, he graduated from Al-Azhar University (Egypt), Faculty of fundamentals of theology. In 2008, he graduated from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Master of philosophy and political science, religious scholar.
He started his career in 2005 as a teacher of the Central Mosque of Almaty" spiritual administration of Muslims of Kazakhstan". In different years, he worked in mosques of Almaty and South Kazakhstan region. He was the Chief Imam of the West Kazakhstan region mosque. Previously, he was the Deputy Chief Imam of Shymkent. Co-author of religious literature "Let's read the Koran", "Let's learn to pray", "Islamic Science".
Musabek Aktamberdy, who previously served as the Chief Imam of the region, was transferred to the Central Mosque of Shymkent.

Press service of the Akim of Turkestan region