International Organization of Turkic Culture

Uluslararası Türk Kültürü Teşkilatı (TÜRKSOY)
International Organization of Turkic Culture
Sovereign (maroon) and other members (red) of TÜRKSOY.
Sovereign (maroon) and other members (red) of TÜRKSOY.
HeadquartersTurkey Ankara, Turkey
Official language Turkish
Members[1]
  • 6 sovereign member states
  • 8 non-sovereign observer states
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" (Turk/ic) 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 Turkic Council, a geopolitical organization of Turkic countries established on November 3, 2009.

Members

As of 2016, TÜRKSOY has six sovereign member states and three non-sovereign observer states.[1]

Member state Language Notes
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijani
 Kazakhstan Kazakh
 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz
 Turkey Turkish
 Turkmenistan Turkmen
 Uzbekistan Uzbek
Observer state Language Notes
 Găgăuzia Gagauz an autonomous region of Moldova.
 Northern Cyprus Turkish a de facto independent republic recognized only by Turkey; see Cyprus dispute.
 Tatarstan Tatar a federal subject of Russia.

Past members

The five Russian federal subjects left TÜRKSOY after a Russian aircraft was shot down by Turkish forces in late 2015.[3]

Observer state Language Notes
 Altai Republic Altay a federal subject of Russia.
 Bashkortostan Bashkir a federal subject of Russia.
 Khakassia Khakas a federal subject of Russia.
 Sakha Republic Sakha (Yakut) a federal subject of Russia.
 Tuva Tuvan a federal subject of Russia.
TURKSOY Headquarters, Ankara

Activities

TURKSOY carries out activities to strengthen cultural ties between Turkic peoples. One of the main goals to transmit their common cultural heritage to future generations and promote it around the world.[4]

Activities and events include;[4]

Cultural Capital of the Turkic World

Every year, one city in the Turkic world is selected as the "Cultural Capital of the Turkic World". Within the framework of events to celebrate the Cultural Capital of the Turkic World, numerous cultural events are held, gathering artists, scholars and intellectuals, giving them the opportunity to exchange their experiences, as well as promoting the city in question internationally.[5]

Recent cities that have been awarded this title are;[4]

Funding

TURKSOY is funded by contributions paid by individual member states, local governments, universities and NGO's.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 TURKSOY Official Web Site (2009). "Homepage > TÜRKSOY > Member States". Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Russia suspends cooperation with TURKSOY". news.az. 2015-11-28. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  4. 1 2 3 4 POLAT, Orhan. "About :: TURKSOY". www.turksoy.org. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  5. 1 2 POLAT, Orhan. "Cultural Capital of the Turkic World 2016: Sheki :: TURKSOY". www.turksoy.org. Retrieved 2016-05-17.

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