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The Turkic world, past and present.

The world of eight Turkic states and forty-one Turkic peoples on one page: the day's top news, places worth visiting, weather in the capitals and an encyclopedia spanning millennia of history.

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Mirziyoyev at the Organization of Turkic States summit in AnkaraMirziyoyev at the Ankara summit proposes a “Turkic World-100” programme and ID-card travelErdoğan and Erhürman meeting in AnkaraErhürman at the Ankara summit: Northern Cyprus proposes university, sports and culture projects to the Turkic worldOTS Family and Women's Council High Honorary Board meeting, Çankaya MansionOTS Family and Women's Council holds first High Honorary Board meeting in Ankara, hosted by Emine ErdoğanLeaders gathering for the family photo at the 13th OTS Summit in AnkaraOTS Ankara summit ends: Ankara Declaration adopted, Mirvokhid Azimov named Secretary General, Türkiye takes the chair

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An ancient Turkic inscription stone with an open book and the Kazakh flag on the steppeOTS and diplomacyTokayev at the OTS summit: a convention on Turkic civilization heritage, Turkistan in 2027 and 40 million tonnes of cargoKazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke at the 13th Organization of Turkic States summit in Ankara on 30 October. He said that in the first nine months of this year Kazakhstan's rail freight with OTS members rose 10…yesterday

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Upcoming national days

The next holidays and remembrance days of the eight Turkic states

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Turkic history𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜

From the Huns to today: Turkic states in chronological order

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The extent of the Hun (Xiongnu) Empire209 BCThe Great Hun (Xiongnu) Empire (209 BC: AD 216)The first great steppe empire, founded by Mete (Modu) — regarded in Turkish historiography as the beginning of Turkic statehood.

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From Cappadocia to Issyk-Kul, from Samarkand to Balaton: cities, monuments, natural wonders and pilgrimage sites worth seeing across the Turkic world.

Bozzhyra ValleyKazakhstan · NatureBozzhyra Valley

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Turkic migrations, 1800 BC to AD 1200

Three thousand years of movement: the routes from the Altai to Anatolia, from Siberia to the Balkans.

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