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International Organization of Turkic CultureUluslararası Türk Kültürü Teşkilatı Международная организация тюркской культуры
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Sovereign (green) and other members (cyan) of Türksoy
Headquarters	Ankara, Turkey
Working languages	English Russian Turkish
Members	6 member states 8 observer states
Leaders
• General Secretary	Sultan Raev
Establishment	1993
Website www.turksoy.org

The International Organization of Turkic Culture or TÜRKSOY is an international cultural organization of countries with Turkic populations, speaking languages belonging to the Turkic language family.

The General Secretary of Türksoy is Sultan Raev, the former Minister of Culture of Kyrgyzstan and deputy General Secretary of Organization of Turkic States. Türksoy has its headquarters in Ankara, Turkey.

Name

TÜRKSOY was initially established as the Common Administration of Turkic Culture and Arts (Turkish: Türk Kültür ve Sanatları Ortak Yönetimi), and was later on renamed as International Organization of Turkic Culture. Its acronym nevertheless remained the same.

History

The organization has its roots in meetings during 1992 in Baku and Istanbul, where the ministers of culture from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan declared their commitment to cooperate in a joint cultural framework. Türksoy was subsequently established by an agreement signed on 12 July 1993 in Almaty.

In 1996, an official cooperation between Türksoy and UNESCO was established, involving mutual consultations and reciprocal representation.

Since its establishment, the Turkic Council has acted as an umbrella organization for Türksoy and a number of related organizations.

Member and observer states

As of 2022, Türksoy has six founding and 8 observer members.

Members

Member state	Official language(s)	Accession date	Area (km²)	Demographics
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani	1993	86,600	91% Azerbaijanis, 3% Lezgins, 2% Russians, 1,5% Armenians, and others
Kazakhstan	Kazakh, Russian	1993	2,724,900	64% Kazakhs, 24% Russians, and others
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz, Russian	1993	199,951	77% Kyrgyz, 15% Uzbeks, 5% Russians, and others
Turkey	Turkish	1993	783,562	70–75% Turks, 19% Kurds and 6–11% others
Turkmenistan	Turkmen	1993	488,100	85% Turkmens, 5% Uzbeks, 4% Russians, and others
Uzbekistan	Uzbek	1993	448,924	80% Uzbeks, 5% Russians, 5% Tajiks, and others

Observers

Observer state	Official language(s)	Accession date	Area (km²)	Demographics
Bashkortostan (Russian Federation)	Bashkir, Russian	1993	143,600	29% Bashkirs, 36% Russians, 24% Tatars, and others
Northern Cyprus (de facto)	Turkish	1993	3,335	98% Turks, 0,5% Greeks, and others
Tatarstan (Russian Federation)	Tatar, Russian	1993	67,836	52% Tatars, 39% Russians, and others
Khakassia (Russian Federation)	Khakas, Russian	1996	61,900	13% Khakas, 79% Russians, and others
Tuva (Russian Federation)	Tuvan, Russian	1996	170,500	64% Tuvans, 32% Russians, and others
Găgăuzia (Moldova)	Gagauz, Romanian, Russian	1999	1,832	82% Gagauz, 7,8% Moldovans, 4,9% Bulgarians, and others
Altai (Russian Federation)	Altay, Russian	2003	206,168	31% Altaians, 61,4% Russians, Kazakhs and others
Yakutia (Russian Federation)	Yakut, Russian	2003	3,062,100	40% Yakuts, 60% Russians, Tatars and others

Activities

Since its establishment, Türksoy has been "carrying out activities to strengthen the ties of brotherhood and solidarity among Turkic peoples, transmit the common Turkic culture to future generations and introduce it to the world."

Activities and events include:

• Gatherings of artists, photographers, painters, opera singers, poets, journalists, theatre, dance and music ensembles of the Turkic World
• Monthly journal published in three languages
• Publishing works written in various Turkic languages and dialects
• Commemoration of artists, authors, poets and scholars in recognition of their valuable contribution to Turkic culture
• Symposia and conferences covering topics on the common history, language, culture and art of Turkic peoples
• Nevruz Day celebrations including concerts and events held in the UNESCO Headquarters in 2010, the United Nations General Assembly Hall in 2011, and various other countries including Germany, Austria, and the United Kingdom.

Cultural Capital of the Turkic World

Every year, Türksoy selects one city in the Turkic world to be the "Cultural Capital of the Turkic World". The chosen city hosts a number of events to celebrate Turkic culture.

The cities that have been awarded this title are:

• 2012: Astana, Kazakhstan
• 2013: Eskişehir, Turkey
• 2014: Kazan, Tatarstan
• 2015: Merv, Turkmenistan
• 2016: Shaki, Azerbaijan
• 2017: Turkistan, Kazakhstan
• 2018: Kastamonu, Turkey
• 2019: Osh, Kyrgyzstan
• 2020: Khiva, Uzbekistan
• 2022: Bursa, Turkey
• 2023: Shusha, Azerbaijan
• 2024: Anau, Turkmenistan
• 2025: Aktau, Kazakhstan

Commemorative years

Since 2010, Türksoy has selected at least one figure from Turkic culture every year to dedicate their activities to.

Funding

Türksoy is funded by contributions paid by individual member states, local governments, universities and NGOs.

Related organizations

The Organization of Turkic States, the Turkic Academy and the Foundation of Turkic Culture and Heritage are organizations which TÜRKSOY works in coordination with. TÜRKSOY also carries out cooperation activities with the UNESCO, the ISESCO and the International Foundation for the Humanitarian Cooperation (IFESCCO) of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

As part of the XV International Tashkent Film Festival "Pearl of the Silk Road", the "World Turkic Filmmakers Forum" was held, at which it was decided to create the Union of Cinematographers of the Turkic World. The head of the Cinematography Agency of the Ministry of Culture of Uzbekistan, Firdavs Abdukhalikov, was elected the chairman of the organization.

List of secretaries-general

Leaders of member states

• Republic of Azerbaijan
  Ilham Aliyev
  President of Azerbaijan
• Republic of Kazakhstan
  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
  President of Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyz Republic
  Sadyr Japarov
  President of Kyrgyzstan
• Republic of Turkey
  Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  President of Turkey
• Turkmenistan
  Serdar Berdimuhamedow
  President of Turkmenistan
• Republic of Uzbekistan
  Shavkat Mirziyoyev
  President of Uzbekistan

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Notes

1. Russian: Международная организация тюркской культуры, romanized: Mezhdunarodnaya organizatsiya tyurkskoy kul'tury
   Turkish: Uluslararası Türk Kültürü Teşkilatı

External links

• (in English) Türksoy Website

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Observers	Altai  Bashkortostan  Găgăuzia Sakha  Northern Cyprus  Tatarstan  Tuva  Khakassia
Related	Korkut Ata Film Festival of the Turkic World Culture and Arts Capital of the Turkic World

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