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Students from Six Turkic Countries Complete Space Camp in İzmir as STEM Cooperation Expands
Sixty-five students and twelve teachers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Türkiye, Uzbekistan and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus completed the 4th TUA Space Explorers Türkiye Space Camp Program, held from 23 to 29 August 2026 at ESBAŞ Space Camp Türkiye in İzmir.
Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation and the OTS Satellite on the Agenda in Astana
OTS Secretary General Ambassador Kubanychbek Omuraliev met in Astana on 30 July 2026 with Zhaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence of the Republic of Kazakhstan – a meeting emblematic of how central advanced technologies have become to Turkic cooperation.
OTS Opens Internship Programme, Offering Young People of the Turkic World Experience in Multilateral Diplomacy
The Organization of Turkic States opened applications for its Internship Programme on 10 July 2026, inviting young people from across the Turkic world to gain first-hand experience of multilateral cooperation at the OTS Secretariat. The selection concluded with the announcement of the final list…
Young Minds of the Turkic World Gather in Istanbul for the 3rd Turkic World Summer Forum
The 3rd Turkic World Summer Forum convened in Istanbul from 6 to 15 July 2026 under the title “The Future of the Turkic World,” hosted by Ibn Haldun University. At the outset of the programme, OTS Secretary General Ambassador Kubanychbek Omuraliev welcomed the forum's young participants at the…
Education Ministers of the Turkic States Endorse Permanent TURKUNIB Secretariat and Dedicated Fund for the Orhun Exchange Programme
The 9th Meeting of the Ministers of Education of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), held on 8 June 2026 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, delivered some of the most consequential decisions for higher education cooperation in the Turkic world in recent years. The meeting, attended by the Ministers…
Turkic Academy Scientific Council Advances the “Common History of Turkic Countries” Project
The 8th Meeting of the Scientific Council of the Turkic Academy was held in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, on 8 June 2026, bringing together delegations from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye and Uzbekistan with the participation of OTS Secretary General Ambassador Kubanychbek Omuraliev. The…
Young Delegates Simulate Turkic Cooperation at Model OTS 2026 in Azerbaijan
The international youth camp “Model Organization of Turkic States 2026” was held in Quba, Azerbaijan, from 25 to 30 May 2026, organized by Azerbaijan's Ministry of Youth and Sports and Ministry of Justice together with the Justice Volunteers Public Union, with the OTS Secretariat represented by…
A Century After the First Baku Turkology Congress, Scholars Gather in Almaty to Chart the Future of Turkic Studies
Marking one hundred years since the First Baku Turkology Congress of 1926, the Turkic Academy and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University convened the International Conference on Turkology, “The Legacy of the First Baku Turkology Congress and the Turkic World in the 21st Century,” in Almaty on 21…
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