Turko-Lingual States Make Common Cause

Common Cause R G Gidadhubli THE fourth high-level meeting of the heads of six states of Turkic group of languages was held in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan on October 21. The six states are, Azerbaijan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzia, Turkmenistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan. This grouping is yet another effort by the former Soviet Central Asian republics to forge links and to assert their regional identity, to consolidate their independence and to integrate with world economies. This meeting coincided with the celebrations of the 660th jubilee yearof Amir Taimur, the great Uzbek emperor who conquered amd ruled a vast territory from Mongolia in the east to Turkey in the west and the border of Russia in the north to the border of India in the south.