October 3 2009· Historical event
Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
On 3 October 2009 the Nakhchivan Agreement founded the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States, renamed the Organization of Turkic States in 2021.
On 3 October 2009 in Nakhchivan the presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Türkiye signed the Nakhchivan Agreement establishing the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States. The organisation's secretariat is in Istanbul.
Uzbekistan became a full member in 2019, and at the Istanbul summit on 12 November 2021 the Council was renamed the Organization of Turkic States. Hungary, Turkmenistan and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are observers. Summits rotate among the member states — Baku in 2019, Bishkek in 2024 and Gabala in 2025.
Turkic States Cooperation Day
3 October, the day the Nakhchivan Agreement was signed, is celebrated across the Turkic world as Turkic States Cooperation Day. Turkic Atlas was officially launched on this day, 3 October 2026.
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7th Summit of the Turkic Council in Baku, 2019 · Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
Baku summit, 2019 · Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
Baku summit, 2019 · Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
9th OTS Summit in Samarkand, 2022 · Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
10th OTS Summit in Astana, 2023 · Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
11th OTS Summit in Bishkek, 2024 · Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
Flag of the Organization of Turkic States in Baku · Aykhan Zayedzadeh / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Kazakhstan: other days
- January 1New Year's Day
- January 7Orthodox Christmas
- March 1Day of Gratitude
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 15Constitution Day
- March 21Nauryz Meiramy
- May 1Unity Day of the People
- May 7Defender of the Fatherland Day
- May 9Victory Day
- May 31Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression and Famine
- July 6Capital Day
- October 25Republic Day
- December 16Independence Day
- 10 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar — the feast of the Hajj pilgrimage; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Adha