President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the ninth summit of the heads of state of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) held in the historical Uzbek city Samarkand.  

Leaders posed for the family photo before the 9th summit of the heads of state of the Organization of Turkic States hosted by Uzbek President Sevket  Mirziyoyev in Samarkand under the theme of "New Era for Turkic Civilizations: Towards Common Development and Prosperity."  

Uzbek President Mirziyoyev welcomed President Erdoğan during his arrival to "Eternal City" Congress Center.    

President Erdoğan, Uzbek President Mirziyoyev, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, Kazakhstan's President Kasim-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, of the and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, former president of Turkmenistan and current head of its upper house of Parliament Gurbangulı Berdimuhamedov and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban posed in the family photo.  

Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, Minister of Youth and Sports Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu, Minister of Transportation Adil Karaismailoğlu, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Minister of Trade Mehmet Muş and the Undersecretary of National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Hakan Fidan accompanied Erdoğan during the summit.