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Objective of the Organization:
To strengthen cooperation and solidarity between the
Member States, to protect the rights and interests of the
Islamic World.
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Date of Establishment:
25 September 1969
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Headquarters:
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Secretary General:
Hissein Brahim Taha
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Member Countries: The OIC has 57 members. *
Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, the United
Arab Emirates (UAE), Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Djibouti,
Chad, Indonesia, Morocco, Cote d’Ivoire, Palestine, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea,
Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Iraq, Iran, Cameroon, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
the Comoros, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Maldives, Malaysia, Mali, Egypt,
Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Surinam, Syria*, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan,
Togo, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Oman, Jordan, Yemen.
* Syria's membership was suspended at the Fourth Extraordinary Islamic
Summit Conference of OIC held in Makkah on 14-15 August 2012.
Observer Countries: The Organization has 5 Observer Countries.
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (by the name of Turkish Cypriot State),
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Central African Republic, Russia, Thailand.
Türkiye’s Membership status: Türkiye has been a member since the
establishment of the organization.
Representation of Türkiye within the OIC: Türkiye decided to establish a
Permanent Representation to the OIC by the Decree of the Council of
Ministers dated 22 May 2014 and the Permanent Representative Office was
inaugurated in Jeddah on 24 July 2015.
History of the Organisation:
The OIC was established by the decision of the First Islamic Summit
Conference held in Rabat on 22-25 September 1969, upon the reactions of the
Islamic World, provoked by the arson attack against Al-Aqsa Mosque, the
third holy site in Islam and located in Israeli occupied Jerusalem, by an
Australian extremist Jew on 21 August 1969.
The name of the organization was changed to the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC) at the 38th meeting of the Council of Ministers of
Foreign Affairs (CFM) held in Astana on 28-30 June 2011.
The Office of Secretariat General was established at the 1st Meeting of the
Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in March 1970, a Secretary General
was appointed and it was decided that the Secretariat would operate in
Jeddah until the liberation of Jerusalem.
OIC Charter:
The new Charter, adopted at the 11th ICO (Islamic Conference Organisation)
Summit held in Dakar on 13-14 March 2008 replacing the ICO Charter adopted
in the 3rd CFM Meeting held in Rabat in 1972, is the main founding document
of the Organisation. The Charter states the Organisation’s objectives and
principles and determines the rules for membership, observer status,
amicable settlement of disputes, budget, finance as well as operational
rules.
The new Charter, which revised and substituted the previous Charter of
1972, has been a crucial milestone for reforming the Organisation. The New
Charter establishes the legal basis and the organs necessary for the
cooperation and activities among the Islamic countries in accordance with
the contemporary requirements of the new environment which have emerged as
a result of radical changes in the international fora since 1972.
Türkiye signed the new Charter at the 35th CFM Meeting (in Kampala/Uganda
on 18-20 June 2007) and the Charter enter into force on 16 June 2012 as
concerns Türkiye.
The Charter can be accessed through the following link:
https://www.oic-oci.org/upload/documents/charter/en/oic charter 2018
en.pdf
OIC Organs
1. Islamic Summit
2. Council of Foreign Ministers
3. Standing Committees
4. Executive Committee
5. International Islamic Court of Justice(It shall be the
Organisation’s principal judicial organ following the entry into force of
its status)
6. Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission
7. Committee of Permanent Representatives
8. General Secretariat
9. Subsidiary Organs
10.Specialized Organs
11. Affiliated Institutions
-Islamic Summit:
The Islamic Summit, which is the highest level decision-making body of the
Organisation, consists of the Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Member
States. It meets once every three years in one of the Member States, holds
consultations to achieve the goals specified in the OIC Charter and adopts
resolutions on the policies to be followed to this end.
Member States host the Summit meetings alternately on the basis of the
geographical groups (Arab, Asia and Africa). This rule applies to other OIC
meetings as well. Fourteen Summits and eight Extraordinary Summit Meetings
have been held in various member states since its foundation.
Türkiye assumed the Chairmanship-in-Office of the OIC Summit for three
years after the Summit held in Istanbul on 14-15 April 2016 with the theme
of "Unity and Solidarity for Justice and Peace" and handed over this duty
to Saudi Arabia with the 14th Summit held in Mecca on 31 May 2019.
On the other hand, if the Islamic world’s interests necessitate so,
Extraordinary Summit meetings may also held in order to review the crucial
issues for the Islamic world and to determine the policies the Organisation
will pursue.
In this regard, upon the call issued by the President of the Republic of
Türkiye, both 6th and 7th Extraordinary Summits were held in Istanbul on 13
December 2017 and on 18 May 2018, respectively following the developments
in Jerusalem and Palestine.
-Council of Foreign Ministers:
The Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), which is the secondary decision
making organ following the Summit, is held once a year in one of the Member
States. As is the case with the Summit Meetings, Extraordinary Sessions of
the CFM may convene, when necessary, for the critical issues concerning the
Islamic world.
The CFM makes decisions on issues about fulfilling purposes and
implementing general policies of the Organisation, reviews the progress in
implementing the decisions taken in the previous Islamic Summits and CFM
Meetings, evaluates and approves the budgets of the Secretariat and
subsidiary organs and elects the Secretary General.
Türkiye hosted CFM Meetings three times: in 1976 (7th CFM), in 1991 (12th
CFM) and in 2004 (31st CFM).
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye
participated in the 49th CFM Meeting hosted by Mauritania in Nouakchott on
16-17 March 2023.
The candidacy of Türkiye to host the 51st OIC CFM Meeting scheduled to be
held in 2025 has been registered in the Islamabad Declaration (48
th
CFM).
-Standing Committees:
The OIC established the following Standing Committees so as to further
address the critical issues for the Organisation and the Member States.
Kings, Presidents and Prime Ministers chair the Standing Committees. These
Committees are established in accordance with the Summit’s resolutions and
upon the suggestions by the Council of Foreign Ministers.
1. Al-Quds Committee
(Chaired by the King of Morocco)
2. Standing Committee for Information and Cultural Affairs
(COMIAC)
(Chaired by the President of Senegal)
3. Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial
Cooperation (COMCEC)
(Chaired by the President of the Republic of Türkiye)
4. Standing Committee for Scientific and Technological
Cooperation (COMSTECH)
(Chaired by the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan)
-Executive Committee
The Executive Committee consists of 8 members, including the Summit and CFM
Troika (former, current and future Term Chairpersons), Saudi Arabia as the
host of the Secretariat as well as the Secretary General of the OIC and
meets when necessary.
As a result of the Israel’s increasing violent attacks against the
Palestinian territory, mass punishment of the Palestinian people and the
burning of a Palestinian teenager named Mohamed Abu Khdair, the Executive
Committee held Extraordinary Meetings in Jeddah on 10 July and on 12 August
2014 in order to review the steps to be taken by the OIC against Israel’s
ongoing attacks targeting the Palestinian people, their institutions,
Al-Aqsa Mosque as well as the sanctuaries of the Muslims and the Christians.
Also, it convened an open-ended Extraordinary Meeting at the level of the
Foreign Ministers to discuss the incidents in Haram Al-Sharif, upon the call
of Türkiye, in Istanbul on 1 August 2017.
Upon Türkiye’s call as the Chair of the Summit, an open-ended Emergency
Meeting of the Executive Committee at the level of the Foreign Ministers
was held in Istanbul on 22 March 2019 in order to deal with the increasing
Islamophobia as well as racist and xenophobic violence actions,
particularly the terrorist attack perpetrated against two mosques in New
Zealand on 14 March 2019. 19 countries attended the aforementioned meeting
at the Ministerial level, which was chaired by Foreign Minister of Türkiye,
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also attended one part of it and delivered a
speech.
A meeting on Palestine in Jeddah in February 2020 and an online meeting in
June 2020, as well as an online meeting in the same format in April 2020
with the theme of cooperation in the context of combating Covid-19 were
organised with the initiatives of our country.
The Extraordinary Meeting of the OIC Executive Committee with Open Participation at the level of Foreign Ministers was held on 16 May 2021 in videoconference format with the attendance of H.E. Minister Çavuşoğlu, upon the initiative of Türkiye in consultation with the Palestinian authorities and Saudi Arabia, the Term President of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit, in response to the intensified Israeli attacks on Palestinian territories in 2021.
Lastly, the OIC Executive Committee met physically, with Open Participation, at the ministerial level in Jeddah on 18 October 2023 to address Israel's ongoing military aggression against the Palestinian people, following the attack on Israeli territories by Hamas on October 7. 22 Ministers, including H.E Minister Hakan Fidan, attended the meeting in question.
-Secretary General:
The Secretary General, who is the chief administrative official of the
Organisation, is elected from among nationals of the Member States for a
period of five years, renewable once only, by the CFM in accordance with
the principles of equitable geographical rotation and equal opportunity.
The Secretary General is responsible for bringing to the attention of the
competent organs of the Organisation matters which concern the
Organisation; following-up the implementation of decisions, resolutions and
recommendations of the Islamic Summits and CFM; coordinating the work of
the relevant Organs of the Organisation; preparing the programme and the
budget of the General Secretariat and submitting annual reports to the CFM
on the work of the Organisation.
OIC Secretaries General to date:
1- Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia) 1971-1973
2- Hassan Al-Touhami (Egypt) 1974-1975
3- Amadou Karim Gaye (Senegal) 1975-1979
4- Habib Chatty (Tunisia) 1979-1984
5- Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (Pakistan) 1985-1988
6- Dr. Hamid Algabid (Niger) 1989-1996
7- Dr. Azeddine Laraki (Morocco) 1997-2000
8- Dr. Abdelouahed Belkeziz (Morocco) 2001-2004
9- Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu (Türkiye) 2005-2013
10- İyad Ameen Madani (Saudi Arabia) 2014-2016
11- Dr. Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen (Saudi Arabia) 2016-17
November 2021
12- Hissein Brahim Taha (Chad) 17 November 2021-till now
OIC Secretaries General have usually been appointed by consensus among the
Member States during the Council of Foreign Ministers. However, an election
was held at the 31st session of the Council of Foreign Ministers in
Istanbul in June 2004 for the first time and Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
was elected as Secretary General. Mr. İhsanoğlu, being the first Turkish
citizen to hold this office, assumed his duties on 1 January 2005 and
served for two terms (until the end of 2013).
At the 47th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (27-28 November
2020, Niger), Hissein Brahim Taha, who had been nominated as the joint
candidate of the African Group - thanks to Türkiye’s persistent efforts -
was elected as the Secretary General of the OIC and took over the position
from his predecessor Yusuf al-Useymin (Saudi Arabia) on 17 November 2021.
Hissein Brahim Taha made his first visit to Türkiye in November 2021 to
attend the 37th Ministerial Session of the COMCEC and was received
separately by the President, Vice President and Minister of Foreign
Affairs.
-The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission
The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC), which was decided
to be established within the framework of the OIC Ten-Year Programme of
Action adopted at the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit
Conference held in Mecca on 7-8 December 2005, started its activities in
Jeddah in 2012 with the adoption of the Statute of the IPHRC at the 38th
Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC held in Astana
between 28-30 June 2011.
Türkiye hosted the Second Ordinary Session of the IPHCR in 2012 and the
Seminar on Combating Islamophobia in 2018.
The IPHRC consists of 18 members, six members each from the Asian, African
and Arab groups. Hacı Ali Açıkgül, the Head of the Human Rights Department
of the Ministry of Justice, who represents Türkiye in the IPHRC, was
re-elected as a member at the elections held for the seats that will become
vacant in 2024 during the 49th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers
of the OIC and will continue his duty for another term.
Türkiye's Relations with the OIC
Türkiye has been a member of the OIC since its establishment and has
vigorously contributed to its activities. The TRNC has had observer status
in the OIC since 1979 and regularly participated in the OIC Summit and the
CFM meetings. It has been decided that the TRNC, formerly represented by
the name “Turkish Cypriot Muslim Community” in the OIC, be represented by
the name “Turkish Cypriot State”, as mentioned in the Annan Plan, at the
31st Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (CFM) held in Istanbul on
14-16 June 2004. By the decisions adopted under the title “Situation in
Cyprus” in the Summit and the CFM, the OIC confirms the cooperation and
solidarity with the TRNC and supports the resolution of the Cyprus issue.
OIC also supports the protection of the rights and interests of Muslim
Turkish minority and settlement of their problems, with the decisions it
takes every year about the Turkish minority living in Greece, Western
Thrace and the Dodecanese islands.
OIC Organizations in Türkiye
Türkiye hosts the following organs of the Organization:
-two subsidiary organs:
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Statistical, Economic and Social Research Center for Islamic
Countries (SESRIC),
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Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA).
-Standing Committee: The Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial
Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC)
- representation of specialized institution: Islamic Development Bank
(IsDB) Office of Türkiye
-and four affiliate institutions:
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Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF),
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Federation of Consultants from Islamic Countries (FCIC),
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Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC),
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Organization of Islamic Cooperation Broadcasting Regulating
Authorities Forum (IBRAF).
In addition, OIC Arbitration Centre commenced its operations in Istanbul
since November 2021, while the establishment of OIC Media Forum (OMF) and
OIC Police Cooperation and Coordination Center (PCCC) is underway.
COMCEC is chaired by H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the
Republic of Türkiye, and holds its meetings in Türkiye every year, once at
technical level as Monitoring Committee and once at the Ministerial
level.
COMCEC’s new strategy and revised Statute were adopted at the 4
th
ExtraordinaryIslamic Summit held in Mecca in 2012. The new COMCEC
strategy was confirmed at the 13 th Islamic Summit Final
Communique held in Istanbul.
The Working Groups and COMCEC Project Funding instruments, established by
the Strategy, are becoming steadily more important. Establishing an OIC
Arbitration Center and bringing the OIC Preferential Trade System into
force as soon as possible are among the priorities of Türkiye with regards
to COMCEC.
The 39th Ministerial Session of COMCEC, chaired by the President of Türkiye, was held in Istanbul on 2-5 December 2023 with the theme of “Improving the e-Commerce Capacities of the OIC Member Countries”. The 40th Session of COMCEC is planned to be held in Türkiye on 2-5 November 2024, under the theme of “Digital Transformation in Payment Systems in the OIC Member Countries”.
-Organization of Islamic Cooperation Research Centre for Islamic
History, Art and Culture (IRCICA)
IRCICA, the headquarters of which is located in Istanbul, acts as a focal
point and meeting place for scholars, researchers, artists, institutions,
organisations working on Islamic history, culture, civilization and art;
endeavours to eliminate prejudice against Islamic culture and civilization,
to project their correct image, to inform the world opinion on their role
and place in world civilization, and to promote a better understanding and
dialogue between Muslim countries and other societies of the world;
undertakes research in these fields and publishes books, bibliographies,
catalogues, albums and other reference works to reinforce awareness of
these subjects in public opinion.
The Retired Ambassador Prof. Dr. Mahmud Erol Kılıç has occupied the
position of Director General for IRCICA since May 2021.
-Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for
Islamic Countries (SESRIC):
Located in Ankara, SESRIC is responsible for collecting, collating and
disseminating socio-economic statistics regarding the Member States, for
the use of the Member States; researching, evaluating and reporting the
economic and social development in the Member States to help generate
proposals that will enhance co-operation among them; organizing training
programmes in selected fields geared to the expressed needs of the Member
States, as well as to the general objectives of the OIC.
Following the termination of the term of office of the previous Director
General Nabil Dabur, former Turkish Minister of Family, Labor and Social
Services, Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk was elected as the Director General of SESRIC
and assumed her duty as of 27 March 2023.
- Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF):
ICYF was established in Baku on 1-3 December 2004 by the Founding General
Assembly in accordance with the resolution adopted by the 31st session of
the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers held in Istanbul on 14-16 June
2004 with the participation of representatives from the youth institutions
of OIC member states and international youth institutions, and the Forum
was granted the status of institution affiliated to the OIC by the virtue
of the resolution adopted by the 32nd session of the Islamic Conference of
Foreign Ministers held in Sana’a, Yemen in 2005.
Türkiye hosts the ICYF in Istanbul pursuant to the agreement signed in
2009.
The candidate of Türkiye, Taha Ayhan, was elected as the President of ICYF
at the third General Assembly held in Istanbul on 22-24 October 2018. .
-The Standards and Metrology Institute for the Islamic Countries
(SMIIC):
The idea of establishing a mechanism for harmonization of standards among
Islamic countries was first brought to the agenda in the COMCEC Meeting
held in 1984. The Statute of SMIIC, prepared within this context, was
adopted at the 14th COMCEC Meeting held in 1998 and submitted for the
signature of member countries for the first time at the 15th COMCEC Meeting
held in Istanbul one year later.
The Statute entered into force after fulfilling the ratification
requirement of ten OIC signatory member states in August 2010 and it
started its activities in Istanbul as the affiliated organ of the OIC.
Mr. İhsan Övüt is SMIIC General Secretary since 2014 and his term of
office, was extended for another term covering the years 2022-2024 at the
elections held in November 2021.
-The OIC Centre for Police Cooperation and Coordination
The proposal to establish a centre in Istanbul under the name of “OIC
Centre for Police Cooperation and Coordination”, with voluntary membership
and expert organization status was adopted at the 13th Islamic Summit held
in Türkiye to strengthen cooperation among the organizations of the member
countries within the OIC and to carry out capacity-building activities .
The Statute of the Centre was submitted to and adopted at the 45th CFM held
in Dhaka on 5-6 May 2018 and it was signed by Türkiye at the 46th CFM held
in Abu Dhabi on 1-2 March 2019,
The OIC Media Forum
The establishment of the OIC Media Forum, which is envisaged to contribute
to the realization of concrete projects, arrangement of training programs
and development of programs to combat Islamophobia among the information
agencies of the OIC member countries, was decided at the 9th Meeting of the
OIC Information Ministers’ meeting (Libreville, Gabon, 19-20 April 2012);
the 40th CFM held in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, on 9-11 December 2013
registered its establishment with its headquarters in Istanbul, and granted
to the Forum the status of an OIC affiliated organization.
The efforts by the Directorate of Communications of the Presidency of the
Republic of Türkiye to establish the Forum continue.
-OIC Ten-Year-Programme of Action:
OIC Ten Year Programme of Action, prepared based upon the views of scholars
and intellectuals, has been adopted by the 3rd OIC Extraordinary Summit
Conference held in Mecca in 2005 in order to take practical steps towards
strengthening the Islamic solidarity, projecting the noble values and true
image of Islam, and addressing the challenges facing the Muslim world in an
objective and realistic way.
The next Ten Year Action Programme covering the years 2016-2025 has been
finalized by the 13th Islamic Summit Conference held in Istanbul on 14-15
April 2016.
The said Programme is a comprehensive and elaborated road map composed
under the headings of political will, solidarity and joint Islamic action,
moderation and tolerance in Islam, Islamic Law, Islamic Fiqh Academy, fight
against terrorism, fight against Islamophobia, human rights and good
governance, Palestine and the occupied Arab territories, prevention and
settlement of the conflicts, peace settlement, economic cooperation,
supporting the Islamic Development Bank, social solidarity in the face of
natural disasters, poverty alleviation in Africa, higher education, science
and technology, rights of women, youth, and family in the Islamic world,
and cultural exchange among member states.
The Brainstorming Session on the Reform of the OIC
The OIC reform was first addressed to by H.E. Mr. Mevlüt
Çavuşoğlu, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye, in the meeting with
Al-Othaimeen, Secretary General of the OIC, on 1 August 2017. Within this
context, the draft resolution prepared under the leadership of Türkiye and
entitled “Organization of the Brainstorming Session on the Comprehensive
Reform of the OIC” was adopted at the 45th Session of the Council of
Foreign Ministers held in Dhaka on 5-6 May 2018.
The first meeting of this Session was held in Jeddah in October 2018 and
the second meeting in Bangladesh in February 2020 under the co-chairmanship
of Türkiye.
13th Islamic Summit and Türkiye's Term of Office of the Summit
Türkiye has focused with its assumption of Term of Office in particular on
the reform of the Organisation, settlement of conflicts, mediation,
humanitarian aid and women’s issues. The Final Communique, OIC-2025 Program
of Action, Palestinian Cause, Jerusalem Decision and Istanbul Declaration
were adopted at the conclusion of the Summit.
The Final Communique sets out the significant political, economic,
cultural and social developments and humanitarian situation in OIC member
states, the rights of Muslim communities in non-OIC member states and joint
position and decisions of member states regarding the administrative issues
of the Organisation; Istanbul Declaration prepared by Türkiye as the host
country reflects the general approach regarding the fundamental problems in
the agenda of the Islamic world; the OIC-2025 Program of Action, which is
the second ten-year-Program of Action of the OIC, sets the goals to be
achieved on various fields between 2016 and 2025; and Palestinian Cause and
Jerusalem Decision aim to maintain and increase the support for the
Palestinian cause which is the founding purpose of the OIC.
The main important meetings hosted by Türkiye during its Presidency are as
follows:
i. 13th Islamic Summit (April 14-15, 2016, Istanbul)
ii. 3rd Islamic Conference of Ministers responsible for Water (May 17-19,
2016, Istanbul)
iii. 3rd Islamic Conference of Youth and Sports Ministers (October 4-8,
2016, Istanbul)
iv. 6th Ministerial Conference on the Role of Women in the Development of
OIC Member States (November 1-3, 2016, Istanbul)
v. Open-Ended Extraordinary Executive Committee at the level of Foreign
Ministers (August 1, 2017, Istanbul)
vi. 6th Extraordinary Islamic Summit (December 13, 2017, Istanbul)
vii. 7th Extraordinary Islamic Summit (May 18, 2018, Istanbul)
viii. Emergency Open-Ended Executive Committee at the level of Foreign
Ministers (March 22, 2019, Istanbul)
Türkiye also took the lead during her term for the launch of Brainstorming
Sessions for the comprehensive reform of the OIC the adoption of the
Statute of the OIC Police Cooperation and Coordination Centre, the
establishment of the OIC Consultative Council on Women, the OIC Contact
Group of Friends of Mediation and the OIC Contact Group on Muslims in
Europe.
14. Islamic Summit
The 14th Islamic Summit Meeting was organized under the theme “Mecca
Summit: Hand in Hand Toward the Future”, and Türkiye participated in the
Summit and the Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting held on 29 May 2019
with a delegation headed by Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu.
The Summit discussed common problems concerning the Islamic World,
particularly the Palestinian issue, and at the end of the Summit, the Final
Declaration and the Mecca Declaration (host country declaration) were
published and the Palestinian resolution was adopted. With the Summit, the
Term Presidency was handed over to Saudi Arabia. The next Summit is planned
to be held in The Gambia in 2024.
Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States (PUIC)
The 17th Conference of the Union of Parliaments of the OIC Member States
(PUIC), hosted by Algeria, was held in Algiers on 29-30 January 2023. On
this occasion, the President of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye
H.E.M. Mustafa Şentop and the Head of the Turkish Delegation to the PUIC,
Ardahan Deputy Orhan Atalay paid a visit to Algeria. At the conference,
Türkiye handed over the chairmanship of the PUIC to Algeria."