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 zachary harden
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![[TURKPA Flag]](../images/i/int-turkpa.gif) 
 
image by Zoltan Horvath, 20 August 2013
The Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking Countries (TÜRKPA) was 
established on November 21, 2008, according to the Agreement signed by the Heads 
of parliaments of  
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzistan, and Turkey . 
Based on its website its primary goals are the 
principles of independence; sovereignty; territorial and state boundaries 
integrity; legal equity; mutual respect grounded on the principle of 
non-interference in internal affairs of each other; strengthening of political 
and economic security of the countries on the grounds of refrainment from threat 
or use of force or economic or any other pressure; growth of national prosperity 
by means of full and rational use of natural resources; endevour to the new 
progress in the sphere of parliamentary diplomacy, establishment of new 
relations and development of the existing ones with parliaments and other 
international organizations of the countries in the region and allover the 
world.
Zoltan Horvath, 20 August 2013
Its flag is blue with its abbreviation written with white capitals. 
Images of flag: http://www.turk-pa.org/photos/Kazakh%20deputy.JPG 
http://www.akparti.org.tr/upload/images/cicek-11-6.jpg 
http://www.pabsec.org/pabsec/aksisnet/bb5xi6398x.jpg 
http://www.turk-pa.org/photos/DSC04788.JPG
Zoltan Horvath, 20 August 2013
![[TURKPA Flag]](../images/i/int-turkpa1.gif) 
 
image by Zoltan Horvath, 20 August 2013
I have also found an other variant, where full name of the organization is 
written under the abbreviation.
Zoltan Horvath, 20 August 2013