Overview
The Organization of Turkic States (OTS) is an intergovernmental organization comprising prominent independent Turkic countries (full list of members can be found below).
The organization’s overarching aim is to promote comprehensive cooperation among Turkic-speaking states. First proposed by the first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in 2006, it was founded on 3 October 2009, in Nakhchivan. The General Secretariat is located in Istanbul.
10th Summit of the Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States
On November 3, Kazakhstan hosted the 10th summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Astana.
In addition to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Summit was attended by the leaders of Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Hungary, the Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as other government representatives of the member and observer states, in addition to the Secretary General of the OTS.