International Organization of Turkic Culture
Uluslararası Türk Kültürü Teşkilatı (TÜRKSOY) International Organization of Turkic Culture | |
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 Members of TÜRKSOY. | |
| Headquarters | Ankara, Turkey |
| Official language | Turkish |
| Membership | 14 member states[1] |
| Leaders | |
• General Secretary | Dusen Kaseinov |
| Establishment | 1993 |
Website http://www.turksoy.org.tr | |
The International Organization of Turkic Culture (Turkish: Uluslararası Türk Kültürü Teşkilatı - TÜRKSOY) is an international cultural organization of countries with Turkic populations, speaking languages belonging to the Turkic language family. Other than being an abbreviation of the former official name "Türk Kültür ve Sanatları Ortak Yönetimi" - Joint Administration of Turkic Culture and Arts, "Türksoy" is a compound noun, in Turkish, made up of the words "Türk" (Turkish) and "soy" (ancestry).
The General Secretary of TÜRKSOY is Duisen Kaseinov, former Minister of Culture of Kazakhstan. TÜRKSOY has its headquarters in Ankara, Turkey.
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 July 12, 1993 in Almaty.
In 1996, an official cooperation between TÜRKSOY and UNESCO was established, involving mutual consultations and reciprocal representation.[2]
It is announced that TÜRKSOY will be integrated into the newly founded Turkic Council, a geopolitical organization of Turkic countries established on November 3, 2009.
Members
As of 2009, currently TÜRKSOY has 14 members, including sovereign countries and federal subjects or autonomous regions of third countries.[1]
| Country | Language | Notes |
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 Altai
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Altay | A federal subject of Russia. |
 Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijani | |
 Bashkortostan
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Bashkir | A federal subject of Russia. |
 Găgăuzia
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Gagauz | An autonomous region of Moldova. |
 Kazakhstan
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Kazakh | |
 Khakassia
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Khakas | A federal subject of Russia. |
 Kyrgyzstan
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Kyrgyz | |
 Northern Cyprus
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Turkish | A de facto independent republic recognized only by Turkey; see Cyprus dispute. |
 Yakutia
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Sakha (Yakut) | A federal subject of Russia. |
 Tatarstan
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Tatar | A federal subject of Russia. |
 Turkey
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Turkish | |
 Turkmenistan
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Turkmen | |
 Tuva
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Tuvan | A federal subject of Russia. |
 Uzbekistan
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Uzbek |
References
- ^ a b TURKSOY Official Web Site (2009). "Homepage > TÜRKSOY > Member States". Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ UNESCO Web Site (1996). "Relations with the Joint Administration of the Turkic Culture and Arts (TÜRKSOY), and Draft Agreement between that Organization and UNESCO" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-12-04.
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