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The Turkic Council is an international inter-governmental organization
of countries with Turkic languages as their national official language
and includes Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey, which were
the four founding members in 2009. Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are
«possible future members». Its full name is Cooperation Council of
Turkic-Speaking States (Türk Dili Konuşan ülkeler İşbirliği Konseyi
in Turkish).
More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_Council.
António Martins, 18 March 2016
In November 2021, the organization was renamed the "Türk Devletleri Teşkilatı, TDT" (English: Organization of Turkic States, OTS) during
the VIII Turkic Council Summit, held on November 12, 2021 in Istanbul.
Esteban Rivera, 11 April 2023
Turkic-speaking countries have agreed on a single flag at their summit in
Bishkek. The statement came from Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. He
said the flag combines the symbols of four countries. "The flag combines the Sun
on the flag of Kyrgyzstan, blue color of the flag of Kazakhstan, the star of the
Azerbaijani flag and the crescent of the Turkish flag. Our countries will move
forward thanks to this unity". He said that no project are possible in Eurasia
without the participation of a Turkic state.
Source:
http://news.az/articles/politics/67039 25 August 2012
Vanja Poposki, 26 November 2012
In the summit of Bishkek 25 August 2012 was adopted a flag to represent the
countries (not peoples) speaking Turkish languages.
The flag is blue (Kazakh color) with a white sun (Kyrgyzstan),
within the sun a half moon (Turkey) and a eight-pointed
star (Azerbaijan)
Jaume Ollé, 06 April 2013
This is the flag:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Official_Flag_of_Turkic_Council.jpg
And here's a picture of a desktop flag:
http://en.trend.az/photo.php?newsid=2111646&picid=523285
Esteban Rivera, 06 April 2013
Its flag is light blue (the Turanist/Pan-Turkic color) with a central device in
white. It combines elements of the national flags of its four founding members,
namely the Turkish crescent and the Azeri star (both light blue) on the Kyrgyz
sun (in white) on the Kazakh background.
António Martins, 18 March 2016
Source; image by Esteban Rivera, 11 April 2023