Zhanylsynzat Turganbaeva

Zhanylsynzat Turganbaeva (Kyrgyz: Жаңылсынзат Турганбаева, born 1970) is a Kyrgyzstani businesswoman, museum manager, ethnographer and philanthropist.

Biography Turganbaeva was born in 1970. She studied history at Kyrgyz Technical University.

Turganbaeva runs an ethnological museum in Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan, with the aim of preserving Kyrgyz cultural heritage. She founded the museum with her husband in 2009. She has also recreated old Kyrgyz national dishes, such as supara talkan, for young people, by adding chocolate.

Turganbaeva was married to businessman Tabaldy Egemberdiev [ ky] (1950–2015), founder of the Shoro beverage company, in 1997. They had a daughter and a son together.