The
International Organization of Turkic Culture (
Turkish:
Uluslararası Türk Kültürü Teşkilatı,
TÜRKSOY) is an international
cultural organization of countries with
Turkic populations, speaking languages belonging to the
Turkic language family. Other than being an abbreviation of the former official name "
Türk Kültür ve Sanatları Ortak Yönetimi" - Joint Administration of Turkic Culture and Arts, "
Türksoy" is a compound noun, in Turkish, made up of the words "
Türk" (Turkish) and "
soy" (ancestry).
The General Secretary of TÜRKSOY is Duisen Kaseinov, former Minister of Culture of
Kazakhstan. TÜRKSOY has its headquarters in
Ankara,
Turkey.