Today in History – Oct 3, 2009 – The Turkic Council is formed by Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey
Flag of the Turkic Council
Ok so when most Americans hear Turkey they think first of the Thanksgiving Day bird and maybe secondly the country in the Middle East. The American elementary and secondary education system spends little time on world history and when we do study world history it is usually limited to European history. We spend very little time on Mid-Eastern or Asian History, maybe we touch on China and the Mongols and the Ottoman Empire, but little else.
Today, when I was reviewing events that happened on today’s date I came to 2009 when the presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey sign the Nakhchivan Agreement on the Establishment of Turkic Council. My first reaction was huh?? I had never thought much of the former Soviet Republics of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan having a tie to Turkey but….