TDT Secretary General: From shared history to shared future

Turkic Council Secretary General Ambassador Kubanychbek Omuraliyev has written an article for Anadolu Agency’s AA Analysis on the evolving vision of the Organization of Turkic States (TDT) and the importance of turning shared goals into concrete opportunities. He describes the Turkic world, stretching from East to West, as about 180 million people bound together by cultural and historical ties.

Omuraliyev notes that the TDT, founded in 2009, has grown from a platform based on political dialogue and cultural rapprochement into a multidimensional cooperation structure. The organisation has 65 cooperation mechanisms across fields such as trade, transport, energy, education and agriculture. Thirty-two of them have been created since 2023 alone, a number equal to the total set up by the end of 2022.

He also highlights the Turkic Investment Fund, established as the first joint financial institution of member states, and growing participation by the private sector, professional organisations and unions. Nearing the end of his term, Omuraliyev summarises the current stage with three concepts: implementation, transformation and institutional deepening.