List of Turkic dynasties and countries

As a Turkic especially the Turkic-speaking Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are called in German. The term " Turkish republics " is used. Occasionally, Azerbaijan and Turkey will be counted among the Turkic states. Both Turkey and Azerbaijan, see themselves as Turkic states. Charles Steuerwald counted Turkey in 1963 also among the Turkic states.

Political development after 1989

After the collapse of the Soviet Union was founded in Ankara in October 1992 as a trade association for the Turkic Turkish Council at a meeting under the auspices of Turkey, " to promote the economic and humanitarian cooperation among Turkic states ," with the object and " internationally with one voice speak and to this end in the distant future the alliance of the Turkic states modeled after the European Union ". Turkey tried as a result the summit of the presidents of the Turkic-speaking countries ( OATCT ) to institutionalize, but interstate differences prevented the planned annual series of meetings. The held summit led to tensions with Russia, which feared the loss of influence over the former Soviet republics. Also at other levels such as the held since 1996 " meeting for friendship, brotherhood and cooperation of Turkic states and societies ' political and economic cooperation were adopted.

Culture

1992 at a meeting of the Ministers of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey signed a cultural cooperation in Baku. On 12 July 1993 the Joint Administration of Turkic then Culture and Art ( TÜRKSOY ) was founded in Almaty, which sees itself as a kind of UNESCO in the region and the research of the common history, culture, language and traditions dedicated to the Turkic countries.