Turkic states adopt 163-point Ankara Declaration, weigh joint defence college

Leaders of the Organization of Turkic States adopted a 163-point declaration at their Ankara summit, a day after Türkiye took over the bloc's rotating chairmanship. The declaration commits them to exploring a joint defence industry college in Türkiye, finishing the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway link and building a common Turkic alphabet, and calls for an immediate Gaza ceasefire and a Cyprus settlement respecting Turkish Cypriot rights.

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