1^st World Turkic Forum under the title of “Turkic Council, Turkic Diaspora and Socio-Economic Cooperation” was organised by TASAM between 20^th and 22^nd of October 2010 in Istanbul. The project of the Forum had been developed within TASAM for 7 years.

The participation of independent Turkic States to the Forum was encouraged, with their official and civil delegations regardless of their being part of the Turkish Speaking Countries Cooperation Council Treaty; including the Turkic Diaspora’s opinion leaders around the world. As an outcome of the first meeting, a sustainable and reliable institutionalization process was successfully implemented with first declaration.

In order to be able to successfully conduct the process by interiorizing the acquisitions of favourable and unfavourable experiences accumulated in this field in the last 20 years; a “Council of Wise Men” has been established and all the NGOs acting within this field, Think Tanks and the Networks of TASAM in 4 continents have been implicated to the preparation and planning process. According to 1^st World Turkic Forum’s declaration, a secretary general was appointed.

2^nd World Turkic Forum is going to be held between in May 2012 in Istanbul and it is open to every individual and institutional contribution from any parameter.