International Organization of Turkic Culture

International Organization of Turkic Culture
Uluslararası Türk Kültürü Teşkilatı Международная организация тюркской культуры
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Sovereign (green) and other members (cyan) of Türksoy
Sovereign (green) and other members (cyan) of Türksoy
HeadquartersAnkara, Turkey
Working languagesEnglish
Russian
Turkish
Members
  • 6 member states
  • 8 observer states
Leaders
• General Secretary
Sultan Raev
Establishment1993
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 eight observer members.

Türksoy Headquarters, Ankara

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 71,5% Kazakhs, 14,4% 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:

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:

Commemorative years

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

YearPersonDescription
2010Zeki Velidi Togan Bashkir historian, 120th anniversary of his birth
2011Ğabdulla Tuqay Tatar poet, 125th anniversary of his birth
2012Nikolai Katanov Khakas Turkologist, 150th anniversary of his birth
Mirza Fatali AkhundovAzerbaijani writer, 200th anniversary of his birth
2013Mukan Tulebaev [tr] Kazakh musician, 100th anniversary of his birth
2014 Magtymguly PyragyTurkmen poet
Toktogul SatylganovKyrgyz poet
2015 Haldun TanerTurkish writer, 100th anniversary of his birth
Semyon KadyshevKhakas dastan writer, 130th anniversary of his birth
2016Yūsuf Balasaguni Turkic philosopher and poet, 1000th anniversary of his birth
2017Molla Panah Vagif Azerbaijani poet, 300th anniversary of his birth
2018 Gara GarayevAzerbaijani composer, 100th anniversary of his birth
Magzhan ZhumabayevKazakh poet, 125th anniversary of his birth
Chinghiz AitmatovKyrgyz writer, 90th anniversary of his birth
2019 Imadaddin NasimiAzerbaijani poet, 650th anniversary of his birth
Âşık VeyselTurkish folk singer, 125th anniversary of his birth
2020Abai Qunanbaiuly Kazakh poet and intellectual, 175th anniversary of his birth
2021Yunus EmreTurkish Sufi and poet, 700th anniversary of his death
Nizami GanjaviPersian poet, 880th anniversary of his birth
2022 Toktobolot Abdumomunov [ru]Kyrgyz writer, 100th anniversary of his birth
Fikret AmirovAzerbaijani composer, 100th anniversary of his birth
Süleyman ÇelebiTurkish sufi, 600th anniversary of his death
2023 Temirbek Jürgenov [az]Kazakh poet, 125th anniversary of his birth
Baken KydykeyevaKyrgyz actress, 100th anniversary of her birth
Mehmet Akif ErsoyTurkish poet, 150th anniversary of his birth
Al-BiruniPersian scientist born in modern-day Uzbekistan, 1050th anniversary of his birth
İsmet GüneyNorthern Cypriot painter, 100th anniversary of his birth
2024 Magtymguly PyragyTurkmen poet and philosopher, 300th anniversary of his birth (2nd commemoration)
2025 Bakhtiyar VahabzadehAzerbaijani poet, 100th anniversary of his birth
Nurgisa Atabayoğlu Tilendiyev [kk]Kazakh conductor and composer, 100th anniversary of his birth
Atai Ogonbaev [ky]Kyrgyz composer, 125th anniversary of his birth
Münir Nurettin SelçukTurkish composer, 125th anniversary of his birth
Aşık KenziNorthern Cypriot folk singer, 230th anniversary of his birth
2026 Ziya GökalpTurkish writer, 150th anniversary of his birth

Funding

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

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

No.NameCountry of originTook officeLeft office
1Polad BülbüloğluAzerbaijan19942008
2Düsen Kaseinov [tr]Kazakhstan29 May 200831 March 2022
3Sultan Raev [tr]Kyrgyzstan31 March 2022incumbent

Leaders of member states

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Notes

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