Establishment Date: 2009

Turkey's Membership Date: 2009

Member States: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey are founding members.

Observer States: Hungary, Turkmenistan

Secretary General: Baghdad Amreyev

Founded in 2009 as the Turkic Council, the name of the organization was changed as the Organization of Turkic States on 12 November 2021.

Studies Carried Out with the Organization of Turkic States

Student Exchange Program

Within the scope of the Organization of Turkic States, the Student Exchange Program for secondary school students was organized as a cultural trip and visit program, the first in Turkey and the second in Azerbaijan. The third of the Organization of Turkic States Student Exchange Program has been planned to be held in Kazakhstan in 2022.

Teacher Exchange Program

Teacher Exchange Program was decided to organize the program in our country in 2022 in accordance with the decision taken at the 6th Education Ministers Meeting of the Organization of Turkic States.

Sister School Program

The Organization of Turkic States Sister School Program Regulation was approved at the 5th Education Ministers Meeting of the Turkic Council held in Bishkek. At the 6th Meeting of the Ministers of Education of the Organization of Turkic States held in Istanbul on November 4, 2021, it was decided to implement the Sister School Program.