Türkiye to take TDT chairmanship from Azerbaijan at 13th summit in Ankara

The 13th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) will be held in Ankara on Thursday and Friday, hosted by Türkiye. The Council of Foreign Ministers meets on Thursday, and the leaders’ summit on Friday, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is themed “Turkic Century: Unity in Language, Thought and Action.”

At the summit, Türkiye will take over the OTS chairmanship from Azerbaijan, and the leaders are expected to adopt the Ankara Declaration along with decisions on deeper cooperation. Discussions will cover political cooperation, trade, transport, energy, digital transformation and cultural ties. Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov is scheduled to meet Turkish business representatives on Friday.

Annual trade between Türkiye and the OTS full members came close to $17 billion in 2025, with Turkish exports at $9.6 billion and imports at $7.3 billion. In June, Türkiye also became the third country to complete domestic ratification of the OTS digital economy partnership agreement, after Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.