https://www.scmp.com/rss/511853/feed A. Emin Önen has been serving as the Ambassador of Turkey to the People’s Republic of China since December 2017. He is a former chief adviser to the President of the Republic of Turkey and a former member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. During his terms as a parliamentarian, he also served as the chairman of Turkey-China Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group, vice-president of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly and vice-president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On November 12, the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States – in short, the Turkic Council – renamed itself the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) at its 8th summit in Istanbul. As this rebranding has aroused much interest in international public opinion, I would like to lay down what the organisation is and how it fits Turkey’s foreign policy priorities. With its five members (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkey) and two observers (Hungary and Turkmenistan), the OTS... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3166207/turkic-council-rebranding-reflects-turkeys-hopes-broaden-ties-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3166207/turkic-council-rebranding-reflects-turkeys-hopes-broaden-ties-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Feb 2022 19:30:08 +0000