Malahat Abbasova currently lives in Turkey. In 2016 she was elected deputy artistic director of the City Theatres affiliated with the Istanbul municipality. On 18 December 2014 she was awarded the honorary title 'Honoured Art Worker' by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, for her services to the development of Azerbaijani culture. Since 2019 Abbasova has played the character Munavvar in the series 'Yemin', broadcast on 'Kanal 7' in Turkey.
