Ankara, October 31, 2026 – The Europe Today: President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov attended the 13th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), held on October 30 in Ankara, according to the Directorate of Communications of the Republic of Türkiye. Chaired by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the summit was convened under the theme “Turkic Century: Unity in Language, Thought and Deed.”
The summit opened with a group photograph of the participating leaders and officials, including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan, President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan, President Tufan Erhürman of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, OTS Secretary-General Kubanychbek Omuraliev, and representatives of observer countries.
Addressing the summit, President Erdoğan underscored the importance of broadening cooperation among Turkic states in areas such as information security, digital trade, artificial intelligence and space. He identified the acceleration of the joint satellite project and continued work on developing a large language model tailored to the characteristics of Turkic languages as among the organisation’s key priorities.
At the conclusion of the summit, the heads of state adopted the Ankara Declaration, which was signed in the Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkish and Uzbek languages.
The meeting also expressed appreciation to outgoing OTS Secretary-General Kubanychbek Omuraliev for his contributions to the organisation, while extending best wishes for success to incoming Secretary-General Mirvahid Azimov as he assumes his new role.
The summit reaffirmed the shared commitment of Turkic states to deepening political, economic, technological and cultural cooperation, further strengthening unity across the Turkic world.
