Evgeny Troitskiy. Organization of Turkic States (OTS): Evolution in 2023-2024

The tenth and the eleventh OTS summits held in November 2023 and in November 2024 in Astana and Bishkek respectively did not become important milestones in the Organization’s development. However, the summits indicated the trends of its evolvement and highlighted the major discrepancy in the very foundation of the Turkic Union.

It became clear that that the initiatives that Tukey had been putting forward within the OTS framework were implemented unevenly, often with considerable delays and in the smallest possible scope. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan seek to use the OTS as a forum for advancing their own initiatives, to maximize their roles in the Organization and to contain the manifestations of pan-Turkic ideology and practices that they see as dangerous for themselves. It is noteworthy that only declaratory and protocol decisions were taken at the OTS Astana summit in November 2023...