Bangladesh eyes Turkey’s support for setting up panorama museum

Turkey can help Bangladesh with sharing ideas for building a panoramic museum illustrating the 1971 war of liberation, said a top Bangladeshi official.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency during his visit to Turkey, Secretary of Bangladesh's Liberation War Ministry Khaja Miah said his government is planning to set up a panoramic museum that would showcase the country's liberation war and the life of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of the nation.

"We are trying our best to take ideas from different countries and it is the first step. I visited (Turkey) and tried my best to collect some information and design from other countries as well," he said.

During his official trip to Turkey, Miah visited several war museums, including the Panorama 1453 History Museum in Istanbul and the Victory Museum in the central Afyon province.

He was fascinated by the panoramic museum's 360-degree 3D paintings that depict the conquest of Istanbul by the Ottoman armies led by Mehmed the Conqueror in 1453.

"They (Turks) have their own ideas, philosophy and culture. We have our own ideas, philosophy and culture, but there are similarities in different fields," Miah said, underlining that both countries can share ideas and experiences in many sectors.

"Regarding setting up this panorama, we will mostly try our best to take some architects, engineers and design from Turkey… We will talk to the government - my government, my minister - and try to pursue them to ensure that we can take the technology, architects and design from Turkey."

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