The Turkic World Dialogue Forum was held in Ankara on 30–31 October 2026 by the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Directorate of Communications, on the sidelines of the 13th Summit of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS), hosted by Türkiye.
Held under the theme “From Ideas to Dialogue, Onwards”, the first day of the Forum began with opening remarks by Prof. Burhanettin Duran, Head of Communications of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye, and Cevdet Yılmaz, Vice President of the Republic of Türkiye. The Forum featured panel sessions and roundtable meetings, bringing together speakers from OTS member and observer states, as well as from various countries around the world.
The programme addressed a range of issues, including media and communication in the Turkic world, the representation and role of women in diplomacy, parliamentary diplomacy, and the Turkic world's strategic priorities amid a changing global order. The programme also examined energy security and opportunities for cooperation among Turkic states, as well as their strategic communication and capacity to combat disinformation, their development vision, and the vision for the future of the Turkic world from a civilisational perspective.
Discussions also focused on the Turkic world's geopolitical role in an age of global transformation, the communications challenges posed by artificial intelligence, and an economic cooperation model extending from the Middle Corridor to a shared production ecosystem. The agenda also included the Turkic world’s position in a multipolar world order, the future of the Turkish defence industry, and the establishment of a shared knowledge and thought ecosystem.
The Forum also addressed the role of family and society in the future of the Turkic world; language, culture and memory in the footsteps of İsmail Gaspıralı; global networks and shared identity through the diaspora; and culture and art in the Turkic world, from tradition to the future.
The programme, which also featured cultural and artistic events and exhibitions, brought together senior officials, parliamentarians, communications and media professionals, academics, think tank representatives, and prominent figures in science, culture, and the arts from across the Turkic world.
Participants included Binali Yıldırım, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Türkiye and Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS); Prof. İbrahim Kalın, Director of the National Intelligence Organisation (MİT); Fuat Oktay, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye and AK Party Member of Parliament for Ankara; Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and AK Party Member of Parliament for Antalya; Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, former Minister of Family, Labour and Social Services and Director General of the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC); Osman Mesten, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TURKPA) and AK Party Member of Parliament for Bursa; Prof. Filiz Kılıç, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TURKPA) and Deputy Chair of the Nationalist Movement Party Parliamentary Group in the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye; Şamil Ayrım, AK Party Member of Parliament for İstanbul and Chairman of the Türkiye–Azerbaijan Interparliamentary Friendship Group; Haluk İpek, AK Party Member of Parliament for Amasya and Chairman of the Türkiye–Turkmenistan Interparliamentary Friendship Group; Tuğba Işık Ercan, Chairwoman of the AK Party Women’s Branches and Member of Parliament for İstanbul; Prof. Kılıç Buğra Kanat, Prof. Mustafa Aydın and Prof. Nurşin Ateşoğlu Güney, members of the Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council; Serdar Karagöz, Chief Executive Officer of Anadolu Agency (AA); Abdullah Eren, President of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA); Abdülhadi Turus, President of tge Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB); Prof. Selim Argun, President of the Yunus Emre Institute (YEE); Dr Abdullah Çalışkan, Member of Parliament for Kırşehir during the 23rd and 24th parliamentary terms and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Turkic World Parliamentary Foundation; Prof. Esma Özdaşlı, Chief Advisor to the MHP Chairman, Member of the MHP Central Executive Board (MYK) and President of the İsmail Gaspıralı Foreign Policy Institute; Buğra Aydın, Vice President of TİKA; Murat Kazancı, Vice President of YTB; and Mücahid Eker, Deputy Director General of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), among other senior officials and politicians.
The Forum sessions also featured Sultan Raev, Secretary General of TURKSOY; Salkyn Sarnogoeva, Deputy Minister of Culture, Information and Youth Policy of the Kyrgyz Republic; Resmiye Eroğlu Canaltay, Member of Parliament for Famagusta, National Unity Party (UBP), and former Minister of Public Works and Transport of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC); Dr Hasan Küçük, National Unity Party (UBP) Member of Parliament for Girne (Kyrenia); Yasemi Öztürk, Member of Parliament for İskele, National Unity Party (UBP); Aygül Ahmedova, Member of the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic and Member of the TURKPA Commission on Environment, Natural Resources and Health; Medina Kairylbekova, Member of the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic and Member of the TURKPA Women Parliamentarians Group; Sholpan Karinova, Member of the Kurultai (Parliament) and the Ädilet Political Party; Hurshida Abduvaliyevna Halilova, Chairwoman of the Andijan Regional Council of the Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party (UzLiDeP) and Member of the Council of People's Deputies of Andijan Region; Özdemir Tokel, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bayrak Radio and Television Corporation (BRTK) of the TRNC; Annasahet Kakayev, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Television, Radio Broadcasting and Cinematography; Bibigül Zheksenbai, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Qazaqstan Republican Television and Radio Corporation; İlhom Khaydarov, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Türkiye; Oktay Öksüzoğlu, OTS Elder for the TRNC; Prof. Sherzodkhon Kudratkhodja, Rector of the University of Journalism and Mass Communications of Uzbekistan; Prof. Eldor Shermanov, Rector of Yunus Rajabi Uzbek National Institute of Musical Arts; and Shukhrat Yigitaliyev, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, among other distinguished participants.
A total of 114 speakers from OTS member and observer states, as well as from other countries, took part in the panel sessions and roundtable meetings held as part of the Forum.