Journals / Bölgesel Araştırmalar Dergisi / 2022 / Cilt: 6 - Sayı: 1
Turkic Republics on the 30th Anniversary of Their Indepence and TURKSOY
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- 123–147
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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 processwas followed by the institutionalization of the relations. As an organization founded duringthis institutionalization period, the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY)contributed to the nation-state building process of the Turkic states with its activities coveringmany areas. The main purpose of the article is to highlight the contributions of TURKSOY tothe cultural cooperation within the Turkic World through the activities it performed duringthis thirty years period of independence.
Özet
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 processwas followed by the institutionalization of the relations. As an organization founded duringthis institutionalization period, the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY)contributed to the nation-state building process of the Turkic states with its activities coveringmany areas. The main purpose of the article is to highlight the contributions of TURKSOY tothe cultural cooperation within the Turkic World through the activities it performed duringthis thirty years period of independence.