The summit of Turkic countries is taking place in Uzbekistan

On November 11, a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Turkic States Organization began in Samarkand.

Photo: Internet

The meeting, chaired by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, is attended by the presidents of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Prime Minister of Hungary (observer country) Viktor Orbán, as an honorary guest of the summit – the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, as well as the Secretary General of the organization Baghdad Amreev.

The press service of the President of Uzbekistan reported that for their special contribution to the active promotion of the interests and views of Turkic countries on the international stage and strengthening the unity of the Turkic family, the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Chairman of the Parliament of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov were awarded the Supreme Order of the Turkic World.

Additionally, the first international award named after Alisher Navoi was posthumously awarded to the writer and humanist Chinghiz Aitmatov for his significant contribution to the rapprochement of Turkic peoples. The award was received by the President of Kyrgyzstan.

The international organization “Turkic Council,” which unites modern states for comprehensive cooperation among Turkic-speaking peoples, was established on October 3, 2009, by the presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey. Uzbekistan joined them on April 30, 2018.

On November 12, 2021, at the meeting of the Council of Cooperation of Turkic-speaking States in Istanbul, the Turkic Council was renamed the Organization of Turkic States.