# List of Turkic Council summits

The following lists the Turkic Council Heads of States Summits organized between 2011 and 2021. Prior to 2011, Turkic Speaking States summits were held between 1992 and 2010. Organization of Turkic States Summits are held since 2022.

## 1st summit

First Turkic Council summit was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on October 21, 2011. The theme was "Cooperation in Economic Area and Trade Area". Foundation of Turkic Business Council has been signed in the summit.
* Participants
* Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Host)
* Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
* Roza Otunbayeva, President of the Kyrgyz Republic
* Bekir Bozdağ, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey

## 2nd summit

Second Turkic Council summit was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on August 23, 2012. The theme was "Cooperation in Education, Science and Culture". Foundation of Turkic Academy and Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation were signed during the summit. The official flag of the council has been approved.
* Participants
* Almazbek Atambaev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic (Host)
* Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
* Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey
* Artur Rasizade, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan

## 3rd summit

Third Turkic Council summit was held in Qabala, Azerbaijan on August 16, 2013. The theme was "Cooperation in Transportation".
* Participants
* Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Host)
* Almazbek Atambaev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic
* Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
* Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey

## 4th summit

Fourth Turkic Council summit was held in Bodrum, Turkey on June 5, 2014. The theme was "Cooperation in Tourism".
* Participants
* Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey (Host)
* Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
* Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
* Almazbek Atambaev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic
* Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan (Guest)

## 5th summit

Fifth Turkic Council summit was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on September 11, 2015. The theme was "Cooperation in Media and Information".
* Participants
* Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Host)
* Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
* Almazbek Atambaev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic
* İsmet Yılmaz, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
* Sapardurdy Toyliyev, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan (Guest)

## 6th summit

Sixth Turkic Council summit was held in Cholpon Ata, Kyrgyzstan on September 2, 2018. The theme was "Youths and National Sports". Hungary joined the organization as an observer.
* Participants
* Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic (Host)
* Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
* Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Turkey
* Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Guest)
* Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary (Guest)
* Ramil Hasan, Turkic Council Secretary General

## 7th summit

Seventh Turkic Council summit was held in Baku, Azerbaijan on October 15, 2019. The theme was "Supporting the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)". Uzbekistan joined the organization as a full member. Baku Declaration is announced at the end of the summit. First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is awarded with "Supreme Order of Turkic World".
* Participants
* Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Host)
* Nursultan Nazarbayev, First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Elbasy
* Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic
* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Turkey
* Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
* Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary
* Purli Agamyradov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan
* Baghdad Amreyev, Turkic Council Secretary General

## Extraordinary Video Summit

An extraordinary video summit was held on 10 April 2020 for COVID-19 pandemic. The theme was "Cooperation and solidarity in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic".
* Participants
* Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
* Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
* Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic
* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Turkey
* Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
* Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan
* Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary
* Baghdad Amreyev, Turkic Council Secretary General

## Informal Video Summit

An informal video summit was held on 31 March 2021. The theme was "Turkistan – A Spiritual Capital of the Turkic World". Turkistan is declared to be spiritual capital of Turkic World.
* Participants
* Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
* Nursultan Nazarbayev, First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Elbasy
* Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
* Sadyr Japarov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic
* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Turkey
* Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
* Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan
* Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary
* Baghdad Amreyev, Turkic Council Secretary General

## 8th summit

Eighth (last) Turkic Council summit was held in Istanbul, Turkey on November 12, 2021. The theme was "Green Technologies and Smart Cities in the Digital Age". During the summit, leaders agreed to change organization's name to "Organization of Turkic States". Turkmenistan joined the organization as an observer. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is awarded with "Supreme Order of Turkic World". Istanbul Declaration is announced at the end of the summit.
Summit was organized in Democracy and Freedom Island.
* Participants
* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Turkey (Host)
* Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
* Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
* Sadyr Japarov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic
* Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
* Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan
* Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary
* Baghdad Amreyev, Turkic Council Secretary General
Additionally, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Honorary President of Turkic Council, send a video message to the summit.