International Organization Profile

Member States: Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan

Observer States: Hungary, Turkmenistan, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)

Observer Organizations: Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)

The process of Summits of Turkic Speaking States was founded as a forum after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, with the participation of countries having linguistic association with Türkiye, namely Azerbaijan in the Southern Caucasus and Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia. Within the context of the process started with Türkiye's initiatives in 1992, ten "Heads of State Summit of Turkic Speaking Countries" were held.

During the 9th Summit held in Nakhchivan; Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan signed "the Nakhchivan Agreement on the Establishment of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States" on October 3, 2009 intending to institutionalize the current process. The structure of the Council called "The Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States" or "Turkic Council" in short, consists of the Council of Heads of States, the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Senior Officials Committee, the Council of Elders and the Secretariat with headquarters in istanbul.

In the 10 ^th Summit of Turkic Speaking States in Istanbul, convened on 15-16 September 2010, the "Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States" was established. At the Istanbul Summit, Ambassador Halil Akıncı was assigned as the Secretary General of the Council. After the founding meeting in istanbul, the first Summit Meeting of the Turkic Council was held in Almaty on 20-21 October 2011 with the theme "Economic and Commercial Cooperation"

The 2 ^nd Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States was held on August 22-23, 2012, in Bishkek with the theme "Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation"

The 3rd Summit of the Council was held on 15-16 August 2013 in the Qabala District of Azerbaijan with the theme "Transportation"

The 4th Summit meeting was held in Türkiye on 4-5 June 2014 in Bodrum with the theme "Tourism"

The 5th Summit meeting was held on 11 September 2015 with the contact of Media and Information Technologies in Astana.

The 6th Summit of the Council was held in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 under the theme of "Youth and Sport" Hungary joined the Turkic Council as an observer during the Summit.

The inauguration ceremony of "the European Representation Office of the Turkic Council" was held on 19 September 2019 in Budapest.

Uzbekistan joined the Turkic Council as a full member during the 7th Summit, which was held under the theme of "Supporting the SMEs" on 15 October 2019 in Baku.

The Extraordinary Video Conference Summit of the Turkic Council was held on 10 April 2020 to strengthen the solidarity in the fight against COVID-19 and increase the coordination, with the participation of the heads of states/governments of the Turkic Council observer/member states and Turkmenistan.

The 8th Summit of the Turkic Council was held with the theme of "Green Technologies and Smart Cities in the Digital Age" on 12 November 2021 in Istanbul, Türkiye, which took the chairmanship.

At the Summit, during which the 30th year of the independence of the Turkic States was celebrated, the name of the organization was changed to the "Organization of Turkic States (OTS)" and Turkmenistan received observer status at the Organization.

"The Turkic World Vision-2040", which lays out the Organization's medium and long-term goals and tasks, has been accepted at this Summit.

The 9th Summit of the OTS was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on 1 1 November 2022, with the theme "New Era for Turkic Civilization: Towards Common Development and Prosperity". In this historic Summit, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus joined as an observer to the OTS.

The Extraordinary Summit of the OTS was held on 16 March 2023 with the theme of "Disaster Emergency Management and Humanitarian Aid" to show solidarity with Türkiye after earthquakes hit Kahramanmaraş.

During the Ankara Summit, "the Agreement establishing the Turkic Investment Fund" has been signed and the decision to establish the "Civil Protection Mechanism of the OTS" was taken by the Council of the Heads of States.

In the 10th Summit of the OTS, held on 3 November 2023 in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, under the motto "TURKTIME". Decisions taken included the signing of the Summit Declaration and Astana Act, proclaiming February 6 as the "Day of Remembrance and Solidarity with the Disaster Victims of the Turkic World," and granting Observer Status to the ECO.

SECRETARY GENERALS

- Halil Akıncı, Ambassador (Türkiye) (September 2010 — September 2014)

- Ramil Hasan, Ambassador (Azerbaijan) (September 2014 — September 2018)

- Baghdad Amreyev, Ambassador (Kazakhstan) (September 2018 — November 2022)

- Kubanychbek Omuraliev, Ambassador (Kyrgyzstan) (Since November 2022)

AFFILIATED AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS OF THE OTS

The Organization of Turkic States also functions as an umbrella organization for Turkic cooperation mechanisms such as the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic Speaking Countries (TURKPA), International Turkic Academy, Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation, Turkic Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Turkic Investment Fund.

• International Turkic Academy - twesco.org
• International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation - itchf.org
• The Turkic Investment Fund (TIF)
• Turkic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) - link
• TURKPA (the Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic Speaking Countries) - turkpa.org
• TURKSOY (International Organization of Turkic Culture) - turksoy.org