The key facts

  • The summit is taking place in Ankara, hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
  • Uzbekistan is represented at the highest level by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
  • The forum's theme is 'The Turkic Century: Unity in Language, Thought and Deed'

OTS summit opens in Ankara

The 13th Summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) began its work on Friday in Ankara, the capital of Türkiye. The forum is hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the summit's theme is 'The Turkic Century: Unity in Language, Thought and Deed.' The opening was reported by Anadolu.

Who attended the ceremony

The summit opened with a group photo of the leaders in the Beshtepe exhibition hall, where Erdogan personally greeted the arriving heads of delegations. In the frame were President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, as well as President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Tufan Erhurman, representing an observer state, and OTS Secretary General Kubanychbek Omuraliev. At the entrance to the hall, the delegations were greeted by servicemen carrying the flags of 16 historical Turkic states and soldiers in traditional Janissary uniforms.

What is known so far

The publication describes only the opening ceremony: the source does not yet report on the agenda of the talks, documents signed, or specific decisions of the summit. For Uzbekistan, participation in the summit is represented by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev — this is confirmed by the composition of the ceremony's participants, but the content of the Uzbek-Turkish contacts on the sidelines of the forum is not disclosed in the report.