Turkish Council

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Turkish Council

Flag of the Turkish Council

  • official members
  • Observer or potential member
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    English name Turkic Council
    Turkish name Turk Keneşi
    Seat of the organs TurkeyTurkey Turkey , Istanbul , (General Secretariat) Azerbaijan , Baku (Parliamentary Assembly) Kazakhstan , Nur-Sultan (Turkish Academy) Hungary , Budapest (Representative Office to the EU)
    AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 
    KazakhstanKazakhstan 
    HungaryHungary 
    Secretary General Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Baghdad Amreyev
    Member States

    TurkeyTurkey Turkey Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan
    AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 
    KazakhstanKazakhstan 
    KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan 
    UzbekistanUzbekistan 

    observer

    HungaryHungary Hungary

    Official and working languages

    Turkish
    Azerbaijani
    Kyrgyz
    Kazakh
    Hungarian
    Uzbek
    English

    surface 4,243,940 km²
    population 147,191,000 (2017)
    Population density 34.7 inhabitants per km²
    founding

    October 3, 2009 (Nakhchivan Treaty)

    Time zone UTC + 2 to UTC + 6
    http://www.turkkon.org/

    The Turkish Council ( Azerbaijani Türk Şurası , Kazakh Түркі кеңесі , Kyrgyz Түрк кеңеш , Turkish Türk Keneşi ) is an international organization of several Turkic states .

    The Turkish Council was founded in Nakhchivan on October 3rd, 2009 with the signing of the Nakhchivan Treaty by Azerbaijan , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan and Turkey . It can be compared to the Commonwealth of Nations , the Council of Europe or the Arab League .

    organization

    The principal organs of the Turkish Council are

    • Council of Heads of State
    • Council of Foreign Ministers
    • Council of Wise Men ( "Aksakallar Konseyi" )
    • Committee of Civil Servants' Experts
    • office

    The main body is the Council of Heads of State ( Council of Heads of States, CHS rotates), chaired in alphabetical order among the member states. The activities of the Turkish Council are coordinated and supported by its secretariat based in Istanbul .

    The Turkish Council also acts as an umbrella organization for existing forms of cooperation. These include the

    as well as some other associations.

    A summit meeting of the Turkish Council takes place around once a year, at which the heads of state meet. Members of parliament and parliament presidents meet at the parliamentary assembly in Baku.

    Member states

    The Turkic state of Uzbekistan initially refused to join due to its neutral foreign policy. In April 2018, the Uzbek President announced that Uzbekistan would join the Turkish Council; The treaty was ratified in September 2019, making Uzbekistan the fifth official council member at the 7th summit on October 15, 2019.

    Country population Area (km²) GDP (nominal) 2017 GDP per capita 2017
    AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 9,845,000 86,600 $ 40.7 billion $ 4,131
    KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 18,080,000 2,724,900 $ 162.9 billion $ 9,030
    KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 6,190,000 199,900 $ 7.6 billion $ 1,220
    TurkeyTurkey Turkey 81,116,000 783,562 $ 851.6 billion $ 10,546
    UzbekistanUzbekistan Uzbekistan 31,960,000 448.978 $ 49.7 billion $ 1,534

    Observer states

    Hungary has been an observer to the Turkish Council since September 2018. Viktor Orbán explained that the Hungarians, as Magyars, are proud of their origins and their relationship with the Turkic peoples of Central Asia.

    Country population Area (km²) GDP (nominal) 2017 GDP per capita 2017
    HungaryHungary Hungary 9,730,000 93,036 $ 139.1 billion $ 14,225

    Representation office in Hungary

    With the aim of deepening the connection with Europe and the European Union, a representative office of the Turkish Council was set up in Budapest in September 2019 and inaugurated with the participation of the Turkish Foreign Minister.

    Potential member states

    The Turkmen state of Turkmenistan has so far refused to join due to its neutral foreign policy.

    Country population Area (km²) GDP (nominal) 2017 GDP per capita 2017
    TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Turkmenistan 5,758,000 488.100 $ 37.9 billion $ 6,587

    General Secretaries

    Surname Country of origin Start of office End of office
    Halil Akıncı TurkeyTurkey Turkey September 2010 September 2014
    Ramil Hasanov AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan September 2014 September 2018
    Bagdad Amreyev KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan September 2018 in office

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Logo and Flag on www.turkkon.org
    2. ↑ Secretary General on www.turkkon.org
    3. ↑ 2017, United Nations, https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ , accessed October 18, 2019.
    4. ↑ Uzbekistan decides to join 'Turkic alliance' during Erdogan's visit
    5. ↑ Declaration by Azerbaijan on Uzbekistan's decision to join the Turkish Council , accessed on October 6, 2019.
    6. ↑ a b c 2017, Worldbank, http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
    7. ↑ a b c 2017, Worldbank, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
    8. ↑ a b c d e f g United Nations, 2017 , accessed October 18, 2019.
    9. ↑ Hungary is an observer state according to the official website ; accessed on October 1, 2019.
    10. ↑ Hungary is now part of the assembly of “Turkic Speaking Countries”. In: Hungarian Free Press. November 25, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2019 (American English).
    11. ^ Announcement Hungary supports Turkish military offensive on Euronews ; accessed on October 15, 2019.
    12. ^ Announcement: on the occasion of the opening of the representative office of the Turkish Council in Hungary, 18.-19. September 2019 Visit of Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Budapest of the Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey in Salzburg; accessed on October 15, 2019.