"Turkic Ambitions: One Nation, Six States
September 17, 2010 - 7:34am, by Giorgi Lomsadze
The September 15-16 Turkic summit in Istanbul -- or, as Turkish President Abdullah Gül might put it, the family reunion -- saw the launching of a supranational club meant to help integrate and increase the global clout of Turkic-language-speaking countries. The “[s]iblings, who gathered following a long separation” can now further their interests and promote development and stability through the new Cooperation Council, Gül told his counterparts from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan."
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