Turkic Republics on the 30th Anniversary of Their Indepence and TURKSOY

Authors : Nihal Keskin, Fatih Aliyi, Bilal Çakici

Pages : 123-147

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Publication Date : 2022-05-30

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Three decades ago, the Turkic states of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan gained their independence as a result of the dissolution of the USSR. Official contacts began to be established soon after the independence and this process was followed by the institutionalization of the relations. As an organization founded during this institutionalization period, the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) contributed to the nation-state building process of the Turkic states with its activities covering many areas. The main purpose of the article is to highlight the contributions of TURKSOY to the cultural cooperation within the Turkic World through the activities it performed during this thirty years period of independence.
Keywords : TÜRKSOY, Bağımsızlık, Kültürel Diplomasi, Türk Cumhuriyetleri, Türk Dünyası