Turkmenistan may become a full member of the Organization of Turkic States this year. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the country’s former president and current chairman of its Halk Maslahaty (People’s Council), suggested as much in response to media questions during the Antalya Diplomatic Forum in Turkey, according to Turkmen state news outlet TDH.
The Organization of Turkic States comprises countries that speak Turkic languages: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan. Its principal aim is to promote collaboration and goodwill among its member nations. Turkmenistan is currently only an observer of the organization, together with Hungary.
Berdimuhamedov suggested last year during the organization’s summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, that the organization could collaborate on a plan he had devised for cooperation in the energy sector.
