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Identifying member countries of the Organization of Turkic States

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Question

Consider the following countries: Which of the above are members of the Organization of Turkic States?

  1. 1.

    Armenia

  2. 2.

    Azerbaijan

  3. 3.

    Croatia

  4. 4.

    Romania

  5. 5.

    Uzbekistan

Options

a

1, 2 and 4

b

1 and 3

c

2 and 5

Answer
d

3, 4 and 5

Explanation

The Organization of Turkic States comprises nations with Turkic-speaking populations. Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan (along with Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan) are full members. Armenia, Croatia, and Romania do not share this ethnolinguistic heritage and are not members.

The Organization of Turkic States strictly unites nations speaking Turkic languages, easily excluding Slavic, Romance, or Indo-Iranian speaking nations.

Answer: (c).

Question details

Year

2022

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q83

Subject

International Relations

Sub-topic

International Days & Institutions

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Hard

Nature

Current-affairs-linked

Source hint

Organization of Turkic States Geopolitical Charters

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